Can anyone help with configuring NoScript please?

[ManBearPig]

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[lxskllr]

NoScript can be a PITA. You can whitelist sites as you run across them by adding an exception. A permanent exception sticks, and temporary lasts until browser restart, or until you revoke the exception. I set very few permanent exceptions. It makes browsing a little more work, and sometimes I bail on sites. Most of the sites that use many scripts have little value anyway, so I just skip them altogether.

Firfox has click to play plugins now, so I'm not sure Flashblock matters anymore. Open about:config, and set this to true

plugins.click_to_play

Ghostery slows down browsing on my system, so I don't use it. I have Fanboy's Ultimate list in ABP, and serves mostly the same function.

 

[ManBearPig]

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[lxskllr]

Whoa, thanks for the informative reply! Dude, can you make a thread with how you secure your browser? I'd love to get some ideas from you!

I don't do anything special. I'll just put what I use here. My general philosophy is freedom isn't free. Security/privacy requires tradeoffs, and greater security/privacy requires more of a trade from you. If you use facebook, most privacy is irrelevant. Facebook is a huge data dump, and it tracks you on other sites whether you're logged in or not. [Like] buttons track your browsing on pages even if you don't click them. IOW, I'm not sure stopping Google from tracking you makes a difference if you give facebook carte blanche to do the same.

My browser addons are...

NoScript - I whitelist very few scripts. A safe script today could be a dangerous script tomorrow if it gets hijacked from the originating server. Also, it's usually the trashy sites(HuffingtonPost) that have tons of scripts, many of which are there to track what you're viewing. If it isn't plain text on a site like that, I usually just close the page. If you want to see a video/audio/image, look for cdn in the name, or try to parse what looks like a media distribution script. It's work, so it depends on how badly you want to use a site.

BetterPrivacy - settings...

Adblock+ - I use Fanboys Ultimate list https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/filters.html

HTTPS Everywhere - forces https on sites when available. It sometimes breaks pages, so you may have to disable it for some sites. https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

I use DuckDuckGo for search. It has a lot of nice tools for specialized searches, and I get good results. If you really want Google search, try StatPage. It uses Google results, but is anonymized to prevent tracking

DuckDuckGo
https://duckduckgo.com/about

StartPage
https://www.startpage.com/eng/aboutstartpage/

Edit:
If you want extreme privacy you can use the Tor Browser bundle
https://www.torproject.org/

This gives anonymous, but unsecure access to the open web.

i2p
http://www.i2p2.de/

This is all within network, and not for access to the open web.

Tails
https://tails.boum.org/

This is a bootable privacy enabled operating system that leaves no trace on the host computer.

These last three are probably more than you need, but they can be useful for even "normal" people. If you use foreign computers on unknown networks, or do a lot of traveling, they can be useful to protect yourself. Any option taken should be thoroughly researched. There's strengths and weakness to each system, and if you don't know what you're doing, it could bite you in the ass. Not as a big a concern to a American, but it might be if you travel to hostile countries.

Edit2:
I forgot, I also block third party cookies. It isn't required by many sites, and I'm disinclined to use sites that require them. My one exception is reddit(due to RedditEnhancementSuite). Third party cookies are mostly used for ads and tracking. I also check the 'Tell sites not to track me' box, but it doesn't really do anything. First, it isn't really implemented AFAIK, and secondly, it relies on the good graces of sites, and most don't care about their users.