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2018

FIR - SECURITY + PRIVACY - Firefox Configuration Guide for Privacy Freaks and Performance Buffs | 12Bytes.org

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There is a huge selection of Firefox add-ons for tweaking privacy and security, some of the most popular of which are Adblock Plus and it’s many derivatives, NoScript, Flashblock, Ghostery, Web of Trust, BetterPrivacy, Lightbeam, Disconnect, Self-Destructing Cookies, Cookies Manager+, Request Policy, Policeman, Bluhell Firewall, RefControl, Smart Referer, HTTPS Everywhere and many, many others. With some possible exceptions, we won’t be using any of these, yet will retain much of the most important functionality offered by most of them with just a few add-ons, along with a plethora of changes to our Firefox configuration.

HACK - (Well documented) Top 10 Free Sites to Receive SMS Online Without Real Phone Number - dr.fone

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Tested with success for 2Factors : https://receive-sms.com/ Imagine having to put your email addresses on websites every time you want to sign up for a service offered on the website or participate in a forum discussion. This has left a lot of people frustrated in accessing web services because not everyone is comfortable or wants to expose his or her email address to the public. Although in recent times, some websites now offer temporary disposable email addresses that can be generated automatically for use without hitches; these email addresses are vulnerable as there is less password protection feature to improve security. For this reason, the use of phone verification became an alternative to access some web services. The phone verification works in a way that a phone number is provided to a website to receive code generated randomly via SMS in which the code is put back on the website in order to ascertain that the user is no spam bot but real. In order to guide your privacy, you can receive sms online on your computer rather than using your real phone number. The following sites are the top 10 free sites where you can receive SMS online without your real phone number.

TOR - Un guide pour apprendre à créer votre relai Tor – Korben

15 février 2018. Si cela vous intéresse, je tiens à vous informer que le Projet Tor a mis en ligne sur son site, une nouvelle version à jour de son guide expliquant comment créer son relai Tor. Ce guide est divisé en 3 parties. La première vous expliquera exactement ce qu'est un relai Tor et pourquoi cela est utile. La seconde partie est plus technique puisqu'elle vous permettra d'installer et configurer votre relai Tor sur votre distribution Linux ou BSD préférée. Enfin, la dernière partie de ce guide est consacrée aux aspects légaux et sociétaux qui entourent les relais Tor.

2015

FIR - PRIVACY - How to block automatic connections that Firefox makes - gHacks Tech News

Mozilla has created a support page that lists all the connections that Firefox make without explicit permission of the user. As you can see, quite a few are listed there. While some are enabled after user activity, for instance adding live bookmarks to the browser, others are enabled by default. This guide looks at the latter kind, explains what their use is, and how you can disable them if you do not require them.