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BROWSER E XTENSIONS

12 HTTPS E verywhere
Most security experts a gree that
the b est w ay to combat Krack i s
for m anufacturers to release
firmware updates t hat fi x t he vulnerability
in their d evices. B ut while m any
manufacturers – i ncluding M icrosoft –
have been q uick to do this, o thers a re
dragging their h eels, m eaning Krack i s
likely to cast a s hadow t hat s tretches
well into 2018. I n t he meantime, w e
recommend i nstalling H TTPS Everywhere
(for Chrome, F irefox, O pera and A ndroid:
www.snipca.com/26393, s ee screenshot
right), which e ncrypts your connection to
web p ages – e ven o nes t hat d on’t Install H TTPS Everywhere t o e ncrypt all y our Google’s Data Saver s hows you h ow much
implement e ncryption by default – a nd browsing data y ou’re using as you b rowse t he web
makes i t i mpossible for h ackers to
intercept your browsing. speeds up browsing by compressing have the r ight t o b e ‘ forgotten’ online b y
web-page content b efore i t’s d elivered to withdrawing c onsent or deleting personal
13 Data Saver a nd Pocket your PC. I t s hows in a g raph how m uch data, i ncluding b rowser cookies. U ntil
Chrome has b een t he data is being u sed ( see s creenshot above then, y ou could install C ookie AutoDelete
world’s m ost p opular right), and h ow much you c an save. A nd (Chrome www.snipca.com/26397;
browser f or many years, Pocket is available for C hrome t oo – g et it Firefox www.snipca.com/ 26398, s ee
but Mozilla’s n ew Firefox Q uantum o ffers from www.snipca.com/26395. screenshot), which a utomatically d eletes
advantages that make it highly tempting. unused cookies whenever you c lose a t ab.
It’s fast, more secure and o ffers a n umber 14 Cookie AutoDelete
of useful new f eatures, such as its built-in 2018 will see t he implementation
Pocket tool that saves w eb pages f or later. of new d ata-protection laws
But i f y ou want to stick w ith C hrome i n (General Data Protection
2018, y ou can install s ome extensions that Regulation) t hat w ill give UK citizens
help it match F irefox Quantum’s n ew more control o ver w hat h appens to personal
super p owers. Google’s own D ata Saver information collected by tech companies. Cookie AutoDelete removes c ookies when
(www.snipca.com/26394) e xtension Under t he current p roposals, people w ill you c lose a t ab while b rowsing t he web
MAPS, FONTS, THEMES & M ORE…

15 Free m edia codecs Windows S tore (www.snipca.com/26403,
from Microsoft see s creenshot below l eft). It adds support
Windows 1 0 c omes with built-in for t hree new m edia f ormats ( OGG, V o rbis
support f or dozens of audio a nd and Th eora) t o W indows 10. H opefully ,
video-file f ormats. But t o p lay this is a t rend that Microsoft will continue
files in unsupported f ormats y ou need to in 2018 and b eyond, adding s upport f or
install s pecial codec packs or multi- more media f ormats v ia similar f ree a pps.
format media p layers, s uch a s V LC (www.
videolan.org). That’s w hy we’re e ncouraged 16 Free m aps
by Microsoft’s recent decision to release The recently updated
the W eb Media E xtensions app i n t he StreetComplete app ( www.
snipca.com/26404) n ot only
provides access to all O penStreetMap
(www.openstreetmap.org) m aps o n y our
Android phone or tablet, b ut also lets
you a dd information yourself ( see
screenshot right). By completing simple
‘quests’ y ou can fill in incomplete or
unfinished d ata in your local a rea. The
latest version lets you a ttach p hotos and
Install t he Web M edia Extensions Windows 10 comments. A ll you n eed is a f ree Add y our o wn information to maps on the a pp
app t o p lay m ore a udio and v ideo f ormats OpenStreetMap a ccount. StreetComplete

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