3 Browser Extensions That Instantly Upgrade Your Privacy (No Tech Skills Required)
You open your browser and check your email.
Hit up your socials.
Do a little shopping.
Maybe watch a video.
By the time you close the tab, five trackers, three ad networks, and at least one data broker know exactly what you just did.
And no, incognito mode didn’t stop any of it.
The good news?
You can break most of this surveillance in under ten minutes.
This weekend, I’m giving your browser a backbone—with three extensions that quietly block the creep, scrub your trail, and give you back control.
No tech skills required. No break-your-browser drama.
The community has exploded over the last few months. As I approach 8,000 subscribers I’m offering an amazing discount for anyone looking to gain access to all the extras being a Firewall Insider has to offer.
Most people think of their browser as just... a tool. A neutral window to the internet.
But under the hood, it’s often the .
Your browser knows:
That information gets packaged, sold, and reused—across ad networks, data brokers, and algorithmic profiling systems that follow you from tab to tab and screen to screen.
Even “private” or “secure” browsers aren’t 100% airtight.
The defaults are built for convenience, not necessarily protection.
That’s where these three extensions come in.
They plug the holes, kill the noise, and give you a fighting chance to browse without being followed.
These are in no particular order.
Modern websites aren’t just bloated—they’re hostile. Auto-play videos, hidden tracking pixels, malicious ads pretending to be download buttons… it’s a minefield out there.
uBlock Origin puts up a shield and says “absolutely not.”
This isn’t your average ad blocker. It doesn’t just hide junk—it straight-up kills ad scripts, spyware, trackers, crypto miners, and known malware domains before they even load.
Most ad blockers still allow “acceptable ads” (aka corporate bribes). uBlock says no. To everything.
Install it, open the dashboard, and turn on the extra privacy filter lists like , , and . Then forget it exists—until you notice pages loading faster and no one following you around with the same pair of shoes you looked at once last week.
**Chrome users you will need to use uBlock Origin Lite. It does not have all of the same features but it does provide a basic ad blocking experience.**
I suggest stepping your browser game up all together and trying Firefox, Brave, or Vivaldi.
Most websites drop cookies that track you long after you’ve left the page. Even if you never log in.
Cookie AutoDelete sweeps up the crumbs—every time you close a tab.
It automatically deletes cookies, local storage, IndexedDB, and other sneaky tracking tools as soon as you leave a site.
So you can browse normally without building a long-term behavioral dossier that ad networks drool over.
It doesn’t nuke everything blindly. You can whitelist sites where you want to stay logged in—everything else gets scrubbed clean behind you.
Privacy without hassle. Cleanup without drama.
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You shouldn't have to log into YouTube just to watch a public video. Or get tracked by Reddit because you clicked a link.
LibRedirect gives you access to the content—without the surveillance tax.
LibRedirect swaps out big platforms (YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, etc.) with lightweight, privacy-respecting alternatives like Invidious, Nitter, and Libreddit.
No ads. No popups. No tracking cookies trying to fingerprint your soul.
After you install it, pick your favorite alt front-ends in the settings. You can even self-host your own if you’re spicy. But the defaults are solid.
Instant upgrade for anyone still lurking on big platforms but sick of the surveillance.
I know there will be 5 comments right after I post this asking so let’s just cut that right out.
You won’t be able to install all the extensions we just covered—but that doesn’t mean you’re out of options.
Here’s the deal:
Safari doesn’t support most of the hardcore privacy extensions, but it does have some options built in—if you know where to look.
Try it’s a lightweight blocker made to work within Apple's walled garden.
Just know: Safari’s privacy story is “fair” out of the box but nowhere near bulletproof.
No extensions here—but DDG actually bakes in some of the protections you’d want:
DDG includes some decent options out of the box. If you don’t want to mess with extensions, it’s a low-maintenance option.
These three extensions are a solid win—
But browser tracking is just one layer of the data mess most people are living in.
If you want to start cleaning up the rest—your search history, your email leaks, your sketchy app permissions—
I put together a that walks you through it, one step at a time.
No fluff. No guilt trips. Just tactical wins you can knock out each day in under 10 minutes.
You’ll learn:
👉 Sign up for the free mini course here
It’s the privacy reset you didn’t know you needed—and yes, it’s totally free.
Already using one of these tools? Got a privacy extension you swear by that more people should know about?
Drop it in the comments—I’m always looking to test new gear, and your tip might help someone else lock things down too.
And if this post helped you make your browser a little less creepy, do the internet a favor:
Restack it.
Someone in your network is still using Chrome with zero protection—and getting tracked like it’s 2012.
Let’s fix that.
As more people become aware of their ability to have more control over their data privacy, the bigger this community gets.
Until next time…
