• noodlejetski@lemm.ee
    28·
    1 year ago

    Consent-O-Matic for automatically rejecting tracking cookies instead of just hiding the banners https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/consent-o-matic/

    LibRedirect for opening big companies’ links in privacy-respecting front-ends https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/libredirect/

    Buster for solving reCAPTCHA with a single click https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/buster-captcha-solver/

    Web Annoyances uBO list https://github.com/yourduskquibbles/webannoyances

    and NextDNS on all my devices.

    • Nunya@lemdro.idEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      I’m very leary about installing any extensions that use the permission “Access your data for all websites”. I get that they need to see the website so they can do their thing, but I just don’t trust that they are any better having my data than the site I just visited.

    • Leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I’ve switched to Redirector from LibRedirect as I find it’s more customisable - for example, I can create rules that automatically go to a 12ft.io redirect version of a page if the site is behind a paywall and a rule to redirect Instagram profiles to picuki.com.

    • Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thanks for your reply! Is the web annoyances list better than the built-in one in uBO. Should I disable the standard one?

  • solarvector@lemmy.zip
    11·
    1 year ago

    A uBO list that filters out all of the word salad generating click farms would be amazing. So many search results in general are ruined, but anything like “how to…” or “when is the next season of…” are always ridiculous.

    • GlitzyArmrest@lemmy.worldEnglish
      81·
      1 year ago

      With Kagi, you can kind of do this, either through lenses or by completely blocking website from your search results. Obviously not as good as a block list but still, something.

  • Zerush
    10·
    1 year ago

    The Vivaldi ad/trackerblocker with custom filters from ABP and uBO

    Extensions (I’ve put the homepages with the links also to the Mozilla Store):

    Glorious were the times, when none of this was necessary to defend yourself from all this shit that has accumulated on the network today. Free Internet getting further and further away, sad.

  • novawelle@feddit.de
    8·
    1 year ago

    I recently set up a bunch of these in my adguard home filter list. They do not only block ads, but also Fake-Shops, Cryptomining, Gambling and more shady stuff.

  • Entropy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I just self hosted everything I needed and dl my fav YouTube channels’ videos to my server

    I use internet on my phone to look up something every now and then and I’ll browse lemmy for a bit if I get bored

    Other than that I don’t really use the internet outside of essential stuff like banking and emailing

      • Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 year ago

        Not OP but I use yt-dlp on a cron schedule to run once a day, and just have all the channels I want to follow in a text file that it processes. Been using this for years now (YouTubedl before this) with no issues.

        I’ve recently gone a step further and have it post a discord message once it’s done with the download details for the day.

        https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

    • 0bZ3n
      1·
      1 year ago

      How do you download to your server?

  • lypticdna@feddit.uk
    4·
    1 year ago

    I have a stack in place built around Tailscale. I mean, this may not be the best route but, hey, it works for me.

    So I have Tailscale running across my devices. Within Tailscale, I have enabled Mullvad Exit Nodes for some privacy control. Then I have overridden the default DNS setting with NextDNS.

    Within NextDNS I have a standard profile with some ad and telemetry blocking which is typically for the family devices and then I have a disgustingly pimped up profile for my main devices with a hell of a lot blocked, including domains that I do not care for (facebook for example).

    The pros are that I can control all connections easier, even when out of my home network. That said, it takes some setting up to ensure I don’t bork connections. And, yes, I learnt that the hard way when I blocked all ‘meta’ tools across my whole network and the kids lost it!

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
      21·
      1 year ago

      So all your devices access the internet through Tailscale to home, where you use NextDNS to filter, am I reading that right?

      • lypticdna@feddit.uk
        2·
        1 year ago

        Not quite. They are network linked through Tailscale but typically running through a Mullvad VPN exit node. The NextDNS is baked into Tailscale too.

        This gives me access to my home devices (including self hosted services, etc.) from out and about on the secure Tailscale network and connect to the Internet through a Mullvad VPN connection but that is further supported by the NextDNS which ensure devices are blocked from ads, trackers, telemetry, etc.

        I only chose this route because I want an easy way to manage my whole network of connected devices without having to do a setup on each one individually.

        Don’t get me wrong, there may be a better way but this has just worked well for me.

        • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
          11·
          1 year ago

          Ah, ok, thanks for clarifying.

          I was planning on Tailscaling to home so all my devices could benefit from PiHole, I didn’t realize TS had Mullvad and NextDNS baked in!

          Thanks for the info, this is just what I was looking for.

          I used Hamachi for years to have a mesh network. Talked with them probably 10 years ago looking for an Android and iOS client. Fortunately TS stepped up and it’s a much better product than Hamachi ever was. With it being Linux friendly, I can run it on Raspberry Pis that I give to my family for remote management.

          Lol, someone downvoted this. Hahaha, guess someone’s stalking my comments now.

  • Linus_Torvalds@lemmy.worldOP
    2·
    1 year ago

    While I’m at it, what is the community opinion on NoScript? The first few weeks were a bit of a pain, but now it is actually quite convenient.