Which browser plugins are essential for privacy?

3 points by tessellated 14y ago ↗ HN

Considering a well maintained '/etc/hosts' file, what does AdBlock+, Ghostery, etc... do, that a well maintained 'hosts' file does not?

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jezclaremurugan 14y ago ↗

I think its quite hard for individuals to keep updating their /etc/hosts file regularly. But, if we could all share it in github, this would be a great idea!

pewfly 14y ago ↗

http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

tessellated 14y ago ↗

I found at least 2 accounts maintaining 'hosts' files on github, how would we go about centralizing these effords?

sp332 14y ago ↗

It's a bit extreme, but I'm loving RequestPolicy. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/requestpolicy... It lets you see every domain that text, graphics, code etc have been loaded from on the current page. The default is to block everything, but it's easy (two clicks) to allow or whitelist a domain.