From 09ba4d7767b6c1ee27927289159aab9c1211221c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alicia Sykes Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 15:52:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Adds User Agent Switcher, by @ray-lothian - User Agent Switcher and Manager - Spoofs and mimics browser's User-Agent strings - Useful to make it appear your using a different browser or version - Credit to Ray Lothian --- 5_Privacy_Respecting_Software.md | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/5_Privacy_Respecting_Software.md b/5_Privacy_Respecting_Software.md index a3e1966..b8ea504 100644 --- a/5_Privacy_Respecting_Software.md +++ b/5_Privacy_Respecting_Software.md @@ -339,6 +339,7 @@ The following browser add-ons give you better control over what content is able **[Self-Destructing Cookies](https://add0n.com/self-destructing-cookies.html)** | Prevents websites from tracking you by storing unique cookies (note Fingerprinting is often also used for tracking). It removes all related cookies whenever you end a session. **Download**: [Chrome][self-destructing-cookies-chrome] \ [Firefox][self-destructing-cookies-firefox] \ [Opera][self-destructing-cookies-opera] \ [Source][self-destructing-cookies-source] **[Privacy Redirect](https://github.com/SimonBrazell/privacy-redirect)** | A simple web extension that redirects Twitter, YouTube, Instagram & Google Maps requests to privacy friendly alternatives
**Download**: [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-redirect/) / [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacy-redirect/pmcmeagblkinmogikoikkdjiligflglb) **[Site Bleacher](https://github.com/wooque/site-bleacher)** | Remove automatically cookies, local storages, IndexedDBs and service workers
**Download**: [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/site-bleacher/) \ [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/site-bleacher/mlcfcepfmnjphcdkfbfgokkjodlkmemo) \ [Source](https://github.com/wooque/site-bleacher) +**[User Agent Switcher](https://add0n.com/useragent-switcher.html)** | Spoofs browser's User-Agent string, making it appear that you are on a different device, browser and version to what you are actually using. This alone does very little for privacy, but combined with other tools, can allow you to keep your fingerprint changing, and feed fake info to sites tracking you. Some websites show different content, depending on your user agent.
**Download**: [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/user-agent-switcher/bhchdcejhohfmigjafbampogmaanbfkg) \ [Fireforx](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher/) \ [Edge](https://microsoftedge.microsoft.com/addons/detail/cnjkedgepfdpdbnepgmajmmjdjkjnifa) \ [Opera](https://addons.opera.com/extensions/details/user-agent-switcher-8/) \ [Source](https://github.com/ray-lothian/UserAgent-Switcher/) **[PrivacySpy](https://privacyspy.org)** | The companian extension for PrivacySpy.org - an open project that rates, annotates, and archives privacy policies. The extension shows a score for the privacy policy of the current website.
**Download**: [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/privacyspy/ppembnadnhiknioggbglgiciihgmkmnd) \ [Fireforx](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacyspy/) **[HTTPZ](https://github.com/claustromaniac/httpz)** | Simplified HTTPS upgrades for Firefox (lightweight alternative to HTTPS-Everywhere)
**Download**: [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/httpz/) **[Skip Redirect](https://github.com/sblask/webextension-skip-redirect)** | Some web pages use intermediary pages before redirecting to a final page. This add-on tries to extract the final url from the intermediary url and goes there straight away if successful
**Download**: [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/skip-redirect/) \ [Source](https://github.com/sblask/webextension-skip-redirect)