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Cursed Firefox Addons. A fun list of things you should NOT add to your browser. (addons.mozilla.org)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Firefox is an awesome Browser platform. Its not perfect out of the box, and most certainly Mozilla doesnt care to remove proprietary tracking addons from their store.

Lets gather some more addons that you should not install!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why is Ghostery on this list?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As far as I remember they sold user data and show unwanted pop-ups. There are definitely better options out there.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah I see, I'll remove them right now. Though, I do like the no consent feature to decline cookies.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i use "Cookie Autodelete" and "I still don't care about cookies" for that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

I still don’t care about cookies does not decline cookies. It gives consent to those it can't hide the banners of. And in doing so gives consent to their practices.

Maybe not an issue for sites you visit anonymously. But when you log in or are otherwise traceable, you're consenting to their practice.

I've never installed addons that automatically give consent. The uBlock Origin lists cover most websites anyway.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

This list without details on why each addon is cursed isn't very useful.