AnonyMe

Your guide to internet privacy

Browsers

Browser Comparison

Browser Privacy Speed Notes
Firefox Good Good Best balance; open source
LibreWolf Excellent Good Firefox with privacy hardening pre-applied
Brave Good Excellent Chromium-based; built-in ad/tracker blocking
Tor Browser Best Slow Routes through Tor; for sensitive browsing
Chrome Poor Excellent Extensive Google telemetry
Edge Poor Good Microsoft telemetry
Safari Moderate Good Better than Chrome/Edge on Apple hardware

Recommendation: Firefox + uBlock Origin for daily use. Tor Browser for sensitive sessions.


Essential Firefox Add-ons

uBlock Origin

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

The best ad and tracker blocker. Use “Medium mode” for stronger protection:

  • Blocks third-party scripts by default
  • Easy to whitelist trusted sites

Privacy Badger

privacybadger.org — learns to block invisible trackers based on behavior.

Firefox Multi-Account Containers

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/

Isolates sites in containers. Facebook Container prevents Facebook from tracking you across the web.

HTTPS Everywhere (Now built into browsers)

Most modern browsers enforce HTTPS automatically. Verify yours does:

  • Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > HTTPS-Only Mode

ClearURLs

Strips tracking parameters from URLs (?utm_source=..., ?fbclid=...).


Private Search Engines

Search Engine Notes
DuckDuckGo No tracking, no profile building
StartPage Google results without Google tracking
Brave Search Independent index
SearXNG Self-hostable meta-search

Set DuckDuckGo as Default

Firefox: Settings > Search > Default Search Engine > DuckDuckGo


Firefox Privacy Settings (about:config)

Open about:config and set:

privacy.trackingprotection.enabled = true
privacy.trackingprotection.socialtracking.enabled = true
geo.enabled = false
media.navigator.enabled = false
network.cookie.cookieBehavior = 1