Decentraleyes for Firefox

Granted, Content delivery networks or CDN represent a straightforward and legit means of exchanging content on the world wide web. The reason behind its popularity stems from the fact that it is designed to solve the issue of latency, as the traffic is redirected to large and stable third-party services and hence, lower upkeep costs.

Then again, these services are bundled with ads that the average user blocks via various add-ons. The issue is that sometimes, blocking the advertisement content can also break the web page. Decentraleyes for Firefox does not only prevent this nuisance, but it also protects you from trackers, banners and popups that record various information about your browsing habits at the same time.

The tool does not require any configuration, so it should start working as soon as you add it to your Firefox. The idea behind the add-on is to help improve your protection by stripping down misleading headers from intercepted CDN requests.

The direct effect should be that you can keep browsing the current page and the request send from the machine is prevented from reaching the delivery network. Unlike the standard ad blocker, the utility intercepts the traffic, finds the supported resources locally and injects them into the environment automatically.

As the author points out, the utility is not a silver bullet, but it helps prevent numerous websites from making you send requests without your knowing. Consequentially, if you prefer using other ad-repellent utilities, the add-on should not cause any particular problems.

In fact, it should not have any compatibility issues with uMatrix, uBlock Origin, HTTPS Everywhere, NoScript, Privacy Badger and the list can go on. Even though it does not analyze network traffic, it adheres to the policy rules of other add-ons previously installed.

All things considered, Decentraleyes for Firefox is a tool designed to make web navigation smoother and convenient, but without you having to give up your privac