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maxerickson on Feb 24, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when se...

I don't do any of that stuff and don't think I am running into nasty websites. What is it supposed to do?

I do uBlock origin with pretty standard lists and have a list of allowed persistent cookies. Are the uBlock lists doing all that work in the background?

dngray on Feb 24, 2023 [–]

You're on the right track, perhaps take a look at https://www.privacyguides.org/desktop-browsers/#firefox that's really all.

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