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=== [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fireshot/?src=search Fireshot] ===[[Image:20star.png]] Also known as, "Webpage Screenshot in Firefox." It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame. Save the web page as an image or PDF file. Sought as a replacement for Screenshooter, after it replaced Screengrab. Fireshot does what it is advertised to do, but is only a lite version. Since the full "pro" version is only available for pay, this plugin receives a reduced rating. Update: further reduced rating due to annoying advertising tabs it opens in firefox on occasion to promote the pro version, which technically makes this adware.* Category: Functionality* Side Effects: unknown * VLT: 0.98.28 with Firefox 18.0.2, 0.98.47 with Firefox 26.0[[Image:40star.png]][[Image:00star.png]]Enables users to easily detect and control tags, web bugs, pixels, and beacons that have the potential to collect data on their browsing habits. Ghostery blocks HTTP requests according to their source address in two ways: Cookie Blocking and Cookie Protection. Ghostery for Firefox uses a separate engine from its "control" engine to scan the DOM of the webpages users visit and report the contents in a purple overlay inside the page DOM. THEY SOLD OUT. LATEST RELEASE IS SPYWARE.Being tracking online by companies like Google and Facebook is a serious problem today. You have a right to privacy and your personal activity is being exploited in ways many can't fully appreciate. Security and privacy extensions along with other precautions such as the use of [[Private Search Engines]] will help you to be more anonymous, preserving your privacy as much as possible without completely unplugging yourself from the Internet.=== Image Blocker ===[[Image:40star.png]]* Usefulness: Recommended (for security)Blocks individual images, such as advertisements, that you do not wish to view while visiting a web page. * Category: Security * Category: User Control* Compatibility: ''(testing)'' ''Palemoon Support: NO (Jetpack/SDK)'' === [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/image-download-%E2%85%B1/?src=search Image Download Ⅱ] ===[[Image:30star.png]] This extension is made complete when used with another extension called Firefusk. Save all images in current page or multiple pages by one click, with dimension filter, file type filter, loaded status filter, self-defined thumbnails detection, and other options and settings.=== [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/?src=userprofile NoScript] ====== [[NoScript]] ===[[Image:40star.png]] In light of recent browser hijack and malware such as the [[Internet Security 2012 Virus]] it is highly recommended that users install and learn to use this extension. It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice, e.g. your home-banking web site, guarding your "trust boundaries" against cross-site scripting attacks (XSS), cross-zone DNS rebinding / CSRF attacks (router hacking), and Clickjacking attempts, thanks to its unique ClearClick technology. It also implements the DoNotTrack tracking opt-out proposal by default.{{:NoScript Review}} ''note: [http://forums.informaction.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7971 incompatibility with online banking]: resolve. Issue: even with "allow scripts globally" and allowed domains many major online banking sites will not function with this extension active. <del>NoScript had to be completely disabled for online banking</del>. Resolution: Options -> Advanced - > uncheck "Turn cross-site POST requests into data-less GET requests" - do online banking - then promptly enable the feature again. This feature is a valuable security intervention and the problem it causes is actually a defect in the bank's web site that the bank needs to and hopefully will correct presently.'' NoScript deserves 5 stars and we urge people to try out. However, it may be overwhelming for some novice users or people that "just don't get it" and cause them problems on their ordinary use of common web sites. However, not everyone is willing to wear a life preserver when they go boating in deep water, and as much is the same for online safety and security. Maybe NoScript could be improved so it is easier to Novice users by default, giving it a wider viability for user base, thus why we give it 4 out of 5 stars. However, technical users will appreciate that NoScript is, in fact, not "dumbed down." * Usefulness: Recommended (for security)* Category: Security* Side Effects: may conflict with other plugins. * Conflicts: impacts but does not nullify QuickJava 1.7.5. Although it works ok with Flashblock 1.5.15.1., it is no longer necessary to use Flashblock when running NoScript (redundancy). Other similar plugins also redundancy; possibly QuickJava.* VLT: 2.2.3configuration tip: Goto Firefox about:config and change boolean parameter [http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/16/block-noscript-from-opening-homepage-after-update/ noscript.firstRunRedirection] to disable annoying NoScript homepage after update (because updates are very frequent). Set noscript.firstRunRedirection to False.''Palemoon Support: YES - verified''[[Image:XXstar.png]][[Image:10star.png]]It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame. This is being tested as a suitable replacement for the Screengrab extension due to Screengrab obsolescence.It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame. This is being tested as a suitable replacement for the Screengrab extension due to Screengrab obsolescence. Update: around about Firefox version 18 this plugin just stopped working. * Compatibility: incompatible with Firefox 18.x=== SettingSanity ===[[Image:50star.png]]Recently Firefox removed some useful options from the menus, including the ability to disable images, disable JavaScript, and disable the Tab Bar in the options menu. This extension restores these useful and missed controls. * Category: User Control* Side Effects: unknown=== Switch Private Browsing ===[[Image:20star.png]]A toolbar button to switch browsing from regular to private, or open a new private window. Includes indicator icon.* Category: User Control* Side Effects: unknown == Recommended Security Musts ==A combination of the following plugins is recommended for Firefox users with security and privacy as their priorities.<big># '''[[#Flashblock|Flashblock]]''' - slightly redundant with NoScript, but I can make a case for why you need them both.# '''[[#NoScript|NoScript]]''' - the most important of all 3 recommended security and privacy plugins# '''[[#Ghostery|Ghostery]]''' - best defense against trackers and advertising bots</big>All three of these plugins are compatible with Firefox version 18 and should remain compatible with future version releases. Each is listed above with a link to download. Tested and compatible with Firefox 26.0.