Mozilla Firefox Hardening: uMatrix and Multi-Account Containers

When you browse the web, do you feel like somebody is watching you? You should! Many modern websites have Cthulhic back-ends.

Fortunately, you still have control of your web browser. So it is possible to tame your web browser. In this article, we take a look at Mozilla Firefox and two Firefox extensions: uMatrix and Multi-Account Containers. When configured properly, these tools can block the nasty parts of the web. Blocking the nasty parts of the web makes your web browser more responsive and frustrates the bad guys from profiling you.

This document is intended as a crash course on how to use uMatrix and Multi-Account Containers effectively.

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