What is the most useful browser extension?

Thor187 said:
The HTTPS Everywhere extension fixes these problems by using clever technology to rewrite requests to these sites to HTTPS.


So the original question remains, what if the site does not have https?
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You get in contact with them and tell them it is 2016...
 
Useless extention then. That will just hinder 90 of your browsing experience unless you only live on social media networks of course.
 
Thor187 said:
Useless extention then. That will just hinder 90 of your browsing experience unless you only live on social media networks of course.
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If the site doesn't support HTTPS the extension doesn't hinder anything, it just uses normal HTTP.

MyBroadband is one of the few sites I visit regularly that doesn't support HTTPS yet.
 
ginggs said:
If the site doesn't support HTTPS the extension doesn't hinder anything, it just uses normal HTTP.

MyBroadband is one of the few sites I visit regularly that doesn't support HTTPS yet.
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Either your extension is broken and not doing its job.

Or the FAQ of the extension is lying.
 
Thor187 said:
Read the FAQ and point out the error in my ways.

I'll wait.
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Actually it is Friday so I'll help out:

HTTPS Everywhere protects you only when you are using encrypted portions of supported web sites. On a supported site, it will automatically activate HTTPS encryption for all known supported parts of the site (for some sites, this might be only a portion of the entire site). For example, if your web mail provider does not support HTTPS at all, HTTPS Everywhere can't make your access to your web mail secure. Similarly, if a site allows HTTPS for text but not images, someone might be able to see which images your browser loads and guess what you're accessing.

HTTPS Everywhere depends entirely on the security features of the individual web sites that you use; it activates those security features, but it can't create them if they don't already exist. If you use a site not supported by HTTPS Everywhere or a site that provides some information in an insecure way, HTTPS Everywhere can't provide additional protection for your use of that site. Please remember to check that a particular site's security is working to the level you expect before sending or receiving confidential information, including passwords.

Would you like me to explain those paragraphs as well?
 
JCM said:
Actually it is Friday so I'll help out:

HTTPS Everywhere protects you only when you are using encrypted portions of supported web sites. On a supported site, it will automatically activate HTTPS encryption for all known supported parts of the site (for some sites, this might be only a portion of the entire site). For example, if your web mail provider does not support HTTPS at all, HTTPS Everywhere can't make your access to your web mail secure. Similarly, if a site allows HTTPS for text but not images, someone might be able to see which images your browser loads and guess what you're accessing.

HTTPS Everywhere depends entirely on the security features of the individual web sites that you use; it activates those security features, but it can't create them if they don't already exist. If you use a site not supported by HTTPS Everywhere or a site that provides some information in an insecure way, HTTPS Everywhere can't provide additional protection for your use of that site. Please remember to check that a particular site's security is working to the level you expect before sending or receiving confidential information, including passwords.

Would you like me to explain those paragraphs as well?
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That's very different to what the others said and that makes more sense logically so. If you visit thisdomain.co.za which does not have https the extension will simply be inactive for that site. You can still access it etc?
 
Thor187 said:
That's very different to what the others said and that makes more sense logically so. If you visit thisdomain.co.za which does not have https the extension will simply be inactive for that site. You can still access it etc?
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Lol
 
Tab Groups! Why's everyone installing adblockers? Do you prefer to pay for content with cash?
 
There is an amazing plugin for Gmail called SORTD. It's made by a bunch of South African blokes.

It basically turns Gmail into a truly powerful "to do" list. The best feature is that you can "snooze" any email until you're ready for it.

So, let's say I receive an email from you, and I know I should only deal with it in three days time... I snooze it for three days. I set an alarm on it, and three days later, the email appears at the top of my inbox again, and alerts me to the fact that it's there. And whatever note I made about it also appears.

I don't recall if it's a Chrome extension. I suspect it is. I just use it without really thinking about it too much now.

Worth checking out.
 
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royblumenthal said:
There is an amazing plugin for Gmail called SORTD. It's made by a bunch of South African blokes.

It basically turns Gmail into a truly powerful "to do" list. The best feature is that you can "snooze" any email until you're ready for it.

So, let's say I receive an email from you, and I know I should only deal with it in three days time... I snooze it for three days. I set an alarm on it, and three days later, the email appears at the top of my inbox again, and alerts me to the fact that it's there. And whatever note I made about it also appears.

I don't recall if it's a Chrome extension. I suspect it is. I just use it without really thinking about it too much now.

Worth checking out.
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Inbox from Google does the same. It is the upgrade from gmail.
 
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