Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2016 10:54:14 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: borderline OT fireox question Message-ID: <20160716105414.6382a6d3@archlinux.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <947ab84e-f3a0-e8be-6555-a5f0a1f24f45@bananmonarki.se> References: <5e4a20fe-51a4-ac10-4f72-23fcc3d04c15@hiwaay.net> <947ab84e-f3a0-e8be-6555-a5f0a1f24f45@bananmonarki.se>
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On Sat, 16 Jul 2016 10:21:31 +0200, Bernt Hansson wrote: >On 2016-07-13 21:55, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >> I notice that whenever I start typing text into the serch-bar of >> Firefox (on my FreeBSD 9.3R daily-driver desktop system) it suggests >> completions for me, implying that Google has my identity pegged. I >> use TOR when surfing & followed the advice of a thread a few weeks >> ago about a FF setting to prevent those suggestions. I also have >> cron delete cookies & other cruft from the .mozilla directory >> nightly. How do they still have me ? TIA & have a good one. >> >Well the simple solution to that is turn of javascript. A non-OT hint: FWIW IceCat provides an experimetal, optional option trying to block non-free JavaScrip. Free JavaScript still remains JavaScript, this is another issue, but at least it's a step to more freedom, https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/IceCat/GNU_LibreJS . "The program LibreJS detects nonfree, nontrivial JavaScript in pages you visit, and blocks it." - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html Regards, Ralf -- OT: Not verified by myself, but perhaps worth reading it: https://secure.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet_eu_loc_2016/?bTrXNab&v=79141&cl=10375050907&_checksum=88dc554cfadfbf6f8a2f30c5508a726a2df5ecd88cfcdd4686e012174c9a97a7
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