As a follow-up to my previous blog entry about Internet Privacy I'm going to focus on securing your internet browsing using Mozilla Firefox. It is my second most favorite browser preferred and I'll tell you how to optimize it for a secure web browsing experience.
Open Firefox --> click on the three horizontal lines in the top right corner to open the settings menu.
--> click on "Options" --> click on the "Privacy" tab
--> under Tracking select the first option 'Tell sites that I do not want to be tracked'
--> under History select "Never remember history"
--> click "OK" button
The next part involves installing third party extensions to further protect your browser. These features aren't automatically built in so we have to add them in. The two extensions I recommend are these:
1.) AdBlock Plus - helps by blocking intrusive advertisments and annoying pop-ups.
2.) AdBlock for Youtube - same as above but specifically for the Youtube video website
--> if you are viewing this in Firefox, you can click the links above to instantly be taken to the page where you can choose to install them in Firefox.
Once AdBlock is installed, it will show a small red stop sign icon with ABP in the center of it. The AdBlock Plus icon can be found at the top-right corner of the Firefox window. A convenient feature with AdBlock Plus is that it can show you how many unsolicited advertisements it currently stops by actively showing a number on it's red icon. This feature can be turned off byclicking on the small arrow on the right-side of the ABP icon and selecting different settings, but I actually like to see the numbers just to see how intrusive some websites really are.
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