[real-eyes] 3 favorite add-ons for Firefox

From: Steven Clark <kcpadfoot@xxxxxxxxx>
To: nutkc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:56:21 -0600
Here are my 3 favorite add-ons for Firefox.

1. noscript
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/?src=search
this tool provides extra protection
to your Firefox.
It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from 
trusted
domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site, guarding your 
"trust boundaries"
against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS), cross-zone DNS rebinding / 
CSRF attacks
(router hacking), and Clickjacking attempts, thanks to its unique 
ClearClick technology.
It also implements the DoNotTrack tracking opt-out proposal by default,

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2. adblock plus
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-plus/
Adblock Plus allows you to regain control of the internet and view the 
web the way
you want to. The add-on is supported by over forty filter subscriptions 
in dozens
of languages which automatically configure it for purposes ranging from 
removing
online advertising to blocking all known malware domains. Adblock Plus 
also allows
you to customize your filters with the assistance of a variety of useful 
features,
including a context option for images, a block tab for Flash and Java 
objects, and
a list of blockable items to remove scripts and stylesheets.


3. https everywhere
https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox extension produced as a collaboration between
The Tor Project
  and the
Electronic Frontier Foundation
. It encrypts your communications with a number of major websites. Many 
sites on
the web offer some limited support for encryption over
HTTPS
, but make it difficult to use. For instance, they may default to 
unencrypted HTTP,
or fill encrypted pages with links that go back to the unencrypted site. 
The HTTPS
Everywhere extension fixes these problems by rewriting all requests to 
these sites
to HTTPS. Firefox users can get it by clicking here:
https://www.eff.org/files/https-everywhere-latest.xpi

Steve

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