2009/12/18 Brad Tilley <misc@openbsd.org>: > On Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:25 +0000, "nixlists" <nixmli...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi. People on this list are security-conscious. I wonder what browsers >> they use? >> What browsers do you consider more secure than others? >> Granted, they're all full of all kinds of holes, but what do you do to >> tighten their security? > > I like Firefox with noscript and adblock to stop the javascript.
Some people wouldn't consider these strictly *security* features, but if you're using Firefox it helps to be aware of firefox -ProfileManager and use that to keep stuff separate. Additionally, you can also use -no-remote and -P <profilename> to concurrently run two or more firefox instances with different profiles. Cf.: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments Also be aware that even after you've deleted all traditional cookies, so-called "Flash cookies" (LSOs) may still persist, and sneaky sites do use those to track you as well. One add-on that you can use to kill those is this; http://netticat.ath.cx/BetterPrivacy/BetterPrivacy.htm (And even after deleting all cookies and LSOs, sites can still tell what other places on the web you've been to, due to CSS leaking that info, which may be unfixable, cf. e.g. http://www.amirharel.com/2009/09/20/css-privacy/ ) Finally, if you use Adblock Plus, you owe it to yourself to also use Element Hiding Helper. This will not necessarily make Firefox "more secure than others", and there are lots of things about Firefox that suck ass, but the above will, "tighten [its] security", at least for some value of security. --regards, ropers
