How many add-ons do I really need to block trackers? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by eddie_of_ny@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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Between uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, ClearURLs, Decentraleyes, and Privacy Possum, I'm having a hard time deciding which ones I actually need and which ones I don't. Do they actually do different things, or are they largely the same?

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[-] mokazemi@lemmy.ml 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ublock Origin is enough as blocker (It's so complete in terms of filters. also it's recommended by Mozilla, and it's very light). Also Decentraleyes for some third-party contents. Other blockers do the same (they usually use the same blocking lists, too). I only have these two, along with setting Firefox tracking protection to Strict. I guess it's enough. (Though, you can see UBO wiki to have more advanced blockings.)

[-] anon5621@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

Well all this things will not protect from something like creepjs fingerprinting

[-] mokazemi@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

I don't know what can prevent you from that 🤔 Maybe totally disabling JS?

[-] anon5621@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

This tool can make harder to fingerprint u https://jshelter.org/

[-] Oliper202020@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Clear urls is also a good one to have as sites like amazon has tracking data in the url

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