Questions tagged [privacy-extensions]
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Use IPv6 temporary address only with remote peers
I think this question concerns the interaction between the configurable Default Address Selection algorithm defined by RFC-3484 and the temporary addresses defined by RFC-4941, though the solution may require some third kind of functionality. My…
neirbowj
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How can I manually generate a new temporary ipv6 address by generating a new host identifier on Windows/Linux
Right now I am playing a bit with IPv6. Is there any way how I can manually force Windows/Linux to generate a new host identifier instead of waiting for Windows/Linux to do it on it's on schedule through the IPv6 privacy extension.
Daniel K.
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How can I tell ssh to connect using the non-temporary IPv6 address?
IPv6 interfaces (with routable IPs at least) usually have a temporary IP address, which changes frequently and is normally used for outbound connections in order to provide more privacy.
How can I tell ssh to not use this address, but instead bind…
Julien Oster
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IPv6: One address from MAC and one from Privacy Extensions?
how can I archieve the following: I have a linux system behind a gateway. I want to have two IPv6 addresses. For both, the first part should come from the router (as usual). The preferred address for outgoing traffic should be one whose second half…
thejh
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Can a chrome extension that only has site access "on click" still see your browsing history other times?
If I have a chrome extension that only gets site access "On click", but also has other permissions, is still active in the background without my clicking?
Can it access my browsing history all of the time?
Bonus: If so, what can I do about this to…
avv
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utility to stymie browser fingerprinting
Does anyone know of a system utility (for Windows) which, when toggled on, would return a spurious System Fonts Listing, a listing that looks like a typical virgin install or which has other limited uniqueness value, in order to interfere with…
mrblint
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Adblocking jQuery
As a privacy-concerned user, I try to make sure that Google, Facebook and the like do not get informed of whatever page I visit through web bug like Google Analytics and the Facebook "I like" button. Thus I block them using a combination of Ghostery…
Federico Poloni
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Firefox containers vs profiles, how contained are they?
A "privacy by compartmentalization" measure I used to implement in my day to day surfing was to separate each part into Firefox profiles. (Work, Study, Finance...)
Recently I learned about Firefox Containers. It would be way more convenient to use…
user876
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Is it possible to disable Ghostery Smart Blocking
I discovered today that Ghostery is allowing trackers (e.g. google) to function even though I have block all trackers set. It appears that their Smart Blocking overrides your choice to block all and allows trackers they deem safe.
What is Smart…
B540Glenn
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Why do some Chrome VPN extensions not work?
I have tried a number of free Chrome VPN extensions on a Windows desktop PC. I found all were successful in providing a different IP address. However, with almost half of the VPNs, I worryingly found that my ISP could still track (and block) sites…
Goto10
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Ad-block preventing YouTube advancing to next video
I always had Ghostery, Ad-block and Privacy Badger installed. Now, after fresh Firefox install on Kubuntu Plasma 6 (about 2 weeks ago) I noticed different behaviour.
One of those ad-blockers is automatically rejecting or accepting cookies
One or…
brkp8f
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Why anti ETag fingerprinting browser extensions won't work if I block images using other addons, like uBlock or uMatrix?
I'm trying to use one of these Firefox extensions suggested by ghacks:
Header Editor;
ETag Stoppa.
As described by the wiki, this is what they do:
Allows you to run Rules to modify headers such as blocking ETags
The problem is: these addons…
user1202583
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Why do we even use ad blockers at home when most home routers have filter lists?
I started pretty much like the rest of us with regular ad blocking extensions. But there is arguably a performance drop due to the additional checks each time you load a page.
I then started using Steven Blacks hosts file which was a far more…
AdHominem
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