Surfing anonymously and untraceable on the internet is not as simple as you might think. We have seen many solutions to surf anonymously on the internet, some of which, however, rely on external software or VPNs that are not said to be truly secure.
The solution that is recognized as more reliable and that is also used by computer hackers is TOR, the program that makes connections to websites encrypted and untraceable, hidden by the various nodes on the network.
As seen, it is really easy to use TOR and connect anonymously using the Firefox-based TOR browser, which can be downloaded for free and is installed on the PC ready and with several extensions already active.
This, however, may also not be enough to be completely anonymous because you still have to be careful of certain traps and because some websites could still exploit some vulnerabilities of Firefox itself to be able to trace the position and identity of those who connect.
For a totally hidden and anonymous protected browsing, these 4 extensions can be installed on the Firefox TOR browser (which also work on normal Firefox).
1) HTTP Nowhere is an addon that adds a button to Firefox to prevent unencrypted, i.e. non-https, connections.
As we know, https is the internet protocol that prevents data sent on websites (such as passwords) from being transmitted in the clear on the network.
HTTPS is very important in order not to be spied on the internet by anyone.
HTTP Nowhere prevents users from accessing websites whose communication is not encrypted with HTTPS / SSL.
So if the technology behind the TOR network already does a good job of hiding traffic, this tool adds even more privacy.
2) Prevent writing passwords without SSL (no longer needed) is used to make sure that the passwords entered are always covered.
As mentioned above, browsing on sites that do not encrypt traffic via HTTPS, even if on the TOR network, can transmit unencrypted information about us (for example searches made on a site or access passwords).
With this add-on in the browser there will be no possibility of getting distracted and entering passwords on non-HTTPS sites.
In these sites the password box will be highlighted in red and the ability to write it off.
3) Disable WebRTC
WebRTC is perhaps the big problem for the Firefox browser with TOR.
This web technology is very insecure and can allow IP addresses to leak even if covered behind a VPN.
Even TOR, in fact, can fail if the browser uses an external plugin that instead has security holes (for example never use Flash Player with TOR).
Disable WebRTC is an extension for Firefox which, when enabled, prevents any possibility that the webRTC communication protocol could leak our IP address externally.
4) Cupcake bridge
The Tor network is a great tool, which allows people from highly censored countries to surf the web as well as to surf in complete secrecy whenever they want.
The problem of anonymous Firefox with TOR, however, is the slowness of the connection, which passing through the nodes around the world is slowed down compared to normal.
Cupcake Bridge is an extension that transforms any connected PC into a node of the TOR network, so as to actively participate in expanding the protected network and making everyone surf faster.
This extension does not help to be more secure and protected with Firefox, but it is still important for those who care about the TOR project and safeguarding privacy for everyone.
TOR is truly an impressive technology, which is not only useful for hackers or those who want to visit illegal sites, but also for those who simply want to avoid leaving traces of themselves on common sites such as Facebook and Google.
No other tool can overcome it in safeguarding user privacy and with these extensions we can be even more certain that they are impossible to trace even by the internet provider itself or by the authorities.
Obviously this discourse on anonymous browsing with Firefox is very different from that understood by Mozilla, which calls anonymous private or incognito browsing, the one that does not remain in the history, but that is not really anonymous.
