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diff --git a/network/icecat/README b/network/icecat/README index 0ab2842f0d..b41acfed99 100644 --- a/network/icecat/README +++ b/network/icecat/README @@ -2,17 +2,29 @@ GNUzilla is the GNU version of the Mozilla suite, and GNU IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser. Its main advantage is an ethical one: it is entirely free software. While the Firefox source code from the Mozilla project is free software, they distribute and -recommend non-free software as plug-ins and addons. +recommend non-free software as plug-ins and addons. Also their +trademark license restricts distribution in several ways incompatible +with freedom 0. Icecat includes the following privacy protection +features: -In addition, GNU IceCat includes some privacy protection features, -included in a separate addon: +LibreJS: GNU LibreJS aims to address the JavaScript problem described +in Richard Stallman's article The JavaScript Trap. -1. Some sites refer to zero-size images on other hosts to keep track - of cookies. When IceCat detects this mechanism it blocks cookies - from the site hosting the zero-length image file. (It is possible - to re-enable such a site by removing it from the blocked hosts - list.) +Https-Everywhere: Extension that encrypts your communications with +many major websites, making your browsing more secure. -2. Other sites rewrite the host name in links redirecting the user to - another site, mainly to "spy" on clicks. When this behavior is - detected, IceCat shows a message alerting the user. +SpyBlock: Blocks privacy trackers while in normal browsing mode, and +all third party requests when in private browsing mode. Based on +Adblock Plus. + +AboutIceCat: Adds a custom "about:icecat" homepage with links to +information about the free software and privacy features in IceCat, +and checkboxes to enable and disable the ones more prone to break +websites. + +Fingerprinting countermeasures: Fingerprinting is a series of +techniques allowing to uniquely identify a browser based on specific +characterisics of that particular instance (like what fonts are +available in that machine). Unlike cookies the user cannot opt-out of +being tracked this way, so the browser has to avoid giving away that +kind of hints. |