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Updated 4.1 Extensions (markdown)

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@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ This list covers privacy and security related extensions only. While we believe
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### :small_orange_diamond: Extensions (maybe) ### :small_orange_diamond: Extensions (maybe)
* [HTTPS Everywhere](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/https-everywhere/) <sup>✔ [Privacy](https://www.eff.org/code/privacy/policy)</sup> | [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/) <sup>✔ [Privacy](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/privacy/)</sup> | [GitHub](https://github.com/kkapsner/CanvasBlocker) * [CanvasBlocker](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/) <sup>✔ [Privacy](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/privacy/)</sup> | [GitHub](https://github.com/kkapsner/CanvasBlocker)
- `Canvas API`: great fallback if you allow an RFP canvas site exception - `Canvas API`: great fallback if you allow an RFP canvas site exception
- `Screen API` and `Navigator API`: don't use with RFP - `Screen API` and `Navigator API`: don't use with RFP
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### :small_orange_diamond: Don't Bother... ### :small_orange_diamond: Don't Bother...
* [uMatrix](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/umatrix/) <sup>✔ [Privacy](https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/wiki/Privacy-policy)</sup> | [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- ⚠️ No longer maintained, the last commit was April 2020 except for a [one-off patch](https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/releases/tag/1.4.2) to fix a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) - ⚠️ No longer maintained, the last commit was April 2020 except for a [one-off patch](https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/releases/tag/1.4.2) to fix a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. - 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 * 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 * ❗️ 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 * see [1340511](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1340511) for progress on this