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Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by aabbcc1241 »

Groxx wrote: post #92
jahlove wrote: post #17

I am too wary of malware extensions to install that many. It is clearly trivial [0] for malware to get into the Chrome store, and Google is not doing enough to make me feel comfortable with it. Additionally, I know that even as non-malware extensions grow in popularity they are solicited by malware companies to integrate their software in an update. I experienced this first hand with the HoverZoom extension. [1] [0]…

I really wish browsers would change their security model for extensions :\ "all or nothing" is ridiculous as the only option - let me revoke access or restrict it to specific sites. I may not care if X has access to site Y, but giving it access to Z means giving it the keys to my life so hell no. I don't even want to use it on Z.

You could fork the extension and modify it for your own usage

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by SquareWheel »

daviross wrote: post #65
KeepassXC wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

KeepassXC is fortunately the only sane password-manager; so; bite your heads off with all the other crap. Bitwarden is a POS over-commercialized POS; use KeepassXC instead. Obvisously not afflitiated with KXC; and certainly not Shitwarden. Good for you that KeepassXC is free; unlike Shitwarden! Have your choices.

If there were ever a post to drive me away from a product, this'd be it. Good to know that I should stay well away from KeepassXC, if this is what its defenders sound like.

Comment was flagged so I have no idea what they said, but I use KeePassXC and I'm happy with it. Regular KeePass is good too, but I use XC because it's cross-platform.

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by SquareWheel »

AnonHP wrote: post #43

> Privacy Badger + UBlock Origin The days of uBlock Origin on Google Chrome are numbered. It may not work for Google Chrome when Manifest V3 is implemented (and no recourse provided for uBlock Origin). [1] P.S: I haven't kept up with the latest developments on this since last year. [1]: https://www.ghacks.net/2019/01/22/chrome-extension-manifest-...

If uBlock Origin doesn't update, there'll be a dozen adblockers that work with Manifest v3 on day 1.

It should be quite trivial to write an adblocker that integrates with EasyList using the new APIs.

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by Groxx »

aabbcc1241 wrote: post #131
Groxx wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really wish browsers would change their security model for extensions :\ "all or nothing" is ridiculous as the only option - let me revoke access or restrict it to specific sites. I may not care if X has access to site Y, but giving it access to Z means giving it the keys to my life so hell no. I don't even want to use it on Z.

You could fork the extension and modify it for your own usage

while true, you can say this about anything which doesn't have any permissions system too. why worry about end-user security, they can just fork and modify.

which means, effectively, that it becomes a 0.001% or worse event. arguably the whole point of privacy-focused (or even -aware) software is to increase that beyond "fork and modify"'s ratio, as far as possible, because it doesn't work in practice for the vast majority of the globe.

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by sershe »

gnicholas wrote: post #93
Groxx wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really wish browsers would change their security model for extensions :\ "all or nothing" is ridiculous as the only option - let me revoke access or restrict it to specific sites. I may not care if X has access to site Y, but giving it access to Z means giving it the keys to my life so hell no. I don't even want to use it on Z.

Chrome lets you limit access to a list of specified websites. Right click the extension icon, click manage extension, and find the option there.

I wish there was a way to exclude some websites instead! I want most of the extensions like ad/script/etc blockers to run everywhere, except say GMail.

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by asdff »

jpistell wrote: post #129
gnicholas wrote: post #95

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Can I ask how? What does it correct or suggest that makes it so useful?

I'm curious about this as well. Seems just like a normal spell checker to me

Well, it would highlight your second sentence and offer something like, "To me, it seems just like a normal spell checker."

Re: Browser Extensions I Can't Live Without

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Post by Penguinx628 »

bloopernova wrote: post #100

On the off-chance that someone reads this and may find it useful, here are my most useful Firefox extensions: Firefox Container Tabs. Allows me to have multiple office or gmail logins, amazon AWS console sessions, etc etc. And one to keep Facebook walled off in its own little prison. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... SingleFile. Allows me to save a snapshot of a page when I bookmark it (…

I would recommend privacy.com over Eno, though I have not used eno
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