
A good filter to start protecting your privacy is EasyList (also available at ).Īs tempting as it may seem, don't add as many subscriptions as you can get, since some may overlap, resulting in unexpected outcomes. Which filter subscription should you choose? Adblock Plus offers a few in its dropdown menu and you may wish to learn about the strengths of each. After restarting Firefox, you will be asked to choose a filter subscription (free). It can see each element that a Web site attempts to load, but it doesn't know which ones should be blocked.

While no tool can protect you completely against all threats to your online privacy and security, the Firefox extensions described in this chapter can significantly reduce your exposure to the most common ones, and increase your chances of remaining anonymous.Īdblock Plus ( ) scans Web pages for advertisements and other content that may try to track you, and then blocks it.
