If you don’t have this kit you will be bombarded to Temu’s ads
Better version: https://lemmy.world/post/21245770
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Another recommendation for YT:
It is Community-Based. Ppl (like you) mark timecodes from sponsor ads and if toggled on those will be skipped. You can whitelist channels as well if you want to.
150% better YT-experience!
DONT use the “I Don’t Care About Cookies” plugin. It was sold to Avast. The same company that stole users information and sold it ON A PRIVACY PRODUCT illegally for years causing them to get sued for 16 million. (slap on the wrist tbh)
https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/whats-new/acquisition/
https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/22/24080135/avast-security-privacy-software-ftc-fine-data-harvesting
Why would someone use that instead of uBlock origin cookie filter?
Its really best to keep browser extensions as few as possible for fingerprinting resistance
To OP/readers you’re OK with extensions this would be a better pick imo (read installation instructions)
Why would someone use that instead of uBlock origin cookie filter?
Not using the addon, but I simply didn’t know uBlock can do that.
Oh yeah, I gotta get rid of Avast, it keeps flagging things that straight up aren’t viruses, what’s a good alternative?
iirc Windows Defender does a decent job. However, if you are a JavaScript developer, try to add node_modules to the exceptions, unless you don’t care much about the performance hit.
I personally have stopped running antivirus on Windows a couple years ago. Since I run most, if not all, untrusted software in VMs, I didn’t see the point of wasting performance. On the host, I only run Firefox and Steam/Epic games.
I then moved to Linux and I have 2 GPUs; one for the host and one for VMs with games. But that’s probably a different story.
ry to add node_modules to the exceptions, unless you don’t care much about the performance hit.
Does windows defender go crazy constantly scanning the files or something? I have a TON of machines running automated tasks using node and any drop in CPU usage would be much appreciated.
ublock origin has a cookie notice and nag filter that removes those.
go into the settings and turn on the annoyance filters, they are awesome.
Shout out to pi-hole
Drop IDCAC and Privacy Badger, add consent-o-matic, sponsorblock and bypass paywall clean.
Check Arkenfox for Firefox config and extension recommendations.
https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions
Only use temp mails for unimportant, one-shot account, otherwise use an email relay.
It’s insane how big a fight we have to put to JUST surf the damn Internet.
There is also I still don’t care about cookies
I don’t see its usefulness, uBlock Origin’s “Cookie Notices” list does the same thing.
For consent forms consent-o-matic is better, IDCAC / ISDCAC was not created for this.
Privacy badger is not longer needed IIRC, its role is taken care by uBlock.
archive.is or archive.ph is what I use for getting past paywalls. If it’s a hard membership paywall there won’t be much you can do about it. If it’s just a splash screen, they work by removing the annoying stuff that prevents you from going further since they have to package the content for SEO. The archive sites basically grab that content as if they were going to index it for a search engine, but then they present it in human readable format instead.
Shift+RClickto force the browser’s native context menu instead of triggering a JavaScript event.Ctrl+Shift+E(and then perhapsCtrl+F5) to see URLs of resources.Bypass paywall clean Firefox is a really good addition as well
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IDCAC should not be on this list since it was compromised, ABP-style. consent-o-matic is probably better but the most direct replacement is “I Still Don’t Care About Cookies”.
Go into uBO settings and then filters and enable all the non-language filters. You won’t need privacy badger or that cookie addon anymore.
What’s the upside down Z-Library icon in the lower left for YT?
Invidous
Currently, it is recovering from attacks from Google. Only self-hosting works reliably at the moment…
Idk it’s not NewPipe or Grayjay
Ublock origin already has privacy badger and no cookies functionality. Worst case nothing gets blocked. Also slower internet for you.
Be careful with using Privacy Badger and uBO together as it might get in each other’s way. I had YouTube detect me having ad block until I paused Privacy Badger for YT.
