13 security and privacy tips for Firefox(Part 2)

7. Go covert

One of the best privacy add-ons is Ghostfox, which not only hides your browsing using emergency mouse gestures, but can display Firefox within programs such as Paint for the ultimate in covert browsing,

8. At-a-glance download monitoring

When you’re downloading several large files then it can be annoying to keep switching to the download window to see how they’re progressing. But there is another way. Install the Download Status Bar and every download generates a new button on the status bar, so it’s visible whatever tab you happen to be using. Each button includes a progress bar for easy download monitoring, and you can right-click the button for options to pause or cancel the download.

9. Use Master Password

Firefox will remember your passwords, but it’s not really secure unless you use the Firefox master password. To set this up, select Tools, Options and click the Security icon. Check Remember passwords for sites and Use a master password. The first time you log on enter this, and then password fields will be autocompleted.

10. Don’t record your browsing history

Make sure no trace of your activity is left by checking “Always clear my private data when I close Firefox”.

11. Get paranoid

Torbutton will allow you to connect and disconnect from the Tor anonymity network. Tor scatters your browser requests across the internet for ultimate privacy.

12. Don’t get tracked

Using the Tools menu, click on Options, select the Privacy tab. Ensure that ‘Accept third-party cookies’ is unchecked, and the ‘Keep until’ option is set to ‘I close Firefox’.

13. Disable 3rd Party Images

On websites the content you receive from the website is called 1st party content and content drawn from other websites is called 3rd party content. This thrird party content has cause privacy problems, so it’s possible to block it. Got to “about:config” and filter for ‘permissions.default.image’ double click it and set the default value to 3. This could stop Google from returning image results so be careful.