Which browser plugins are essential for privacy?

3 pointsby tessellatedvor 14 Jahren4 comments

Considering a well maintained '/etc/hosts' file, what does AdBlock+, Ghostery, etc... do, that a well maintained 'hosts' file does not?

2 comments

sp332vor 14 Jahren

It's a bit extreme, but I'm loving RequestPolicy. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/requestpolicy... It lets you see every domain that text, graphics, code etc have been loaded from on the current page. The default is to block everything, but it's easy (two clicks) to allow or whitelist a domain.

jezclaremuruganvor 14 Jahren

I think its quite hard for individuals to keep updating their /etc/hosts file regularly. But, if we could all share it in github, this would be a great idea!

tessellatedvor 14 Jahren

I found at least 2 accounts maintaining 'hosts' files on github, how would we go about centralizing these effords?

pewflyvor 14 Jahren

http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/