diff --git a/4.1-Extensions.md b/4.1-Extensions.md index eea3acf..a290338 100644 --- a/4.1-Extensions.md +++ b/4.1-Extensions.md @@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ This list covers privacy and security related extensions only. While we believe --- ### :small_orange_diamond: Extensions (maybe) -* [HTTPS Everywhere](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/https-everywhere/) ✔ [Privacy](https://www.eff.org/code/privacy/policy) | [GitHub](https://github.com/EFForg/https-everywhere) - - If you're using HTTPS-Only mode (usable since FF83), then this is basically redundant, especially as more of the web turns to secure context * [CanvasBlocker](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/) ✔ [Privacy](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/privacy/) | [GitHub](https://github.com/kkapsner/CanvasBlocker) - `Canvas API`: great fallback if you allow an RFP canvas site exception - `Screen API` and `Navigator API`: don't use with RFP @@ -47,9 +45,11 @@ These extensions will not mask or alter any data sent or received, but may be us --- ### :small_orange_diamond: Don't Bother... -* [uMatrix](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/umatrix/) ✔ [Privacy](https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/wiki/Privacy-policy) | [GitHub](https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix) +* uMatrix - ⚠️ No longer maintained, the last commit was April 2020 except for a [one-off patch](https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/releases/tag/1.4.2) to fix a [vulnerability](https://github.com/vtriolet/writings/blob/main/posts/2021/ublock_origin_and_umatrix_denial_of_service.adoc) - Everything uMatrix did can be covered by prefs or other extensions: use uBlock Origin for any content blocking. +* HTTPS Everywhere + - Scheduled for [deprecation](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/09/https-actually-everywhere) and redundant with [HTTPS-Only Mode](https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2020/11/17/firefox-83-introduces-https-only-mode/) * Cookie extensions * ❗️ Functionality for extensions may be missing for clearing IndexedDB, Service Workers cache, or cache **by host**. Clearing cookies & localStorage on their own, and leaving orphaned persistent data is a false sense of privacy * see [1340511](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1340511) for progress on this