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diff --git a/network/icecat/README b/network/icecat/README index b41acfed99..cb978146f1 100644 --- a/network/icecat/README +++ b/network/icecat/README @@ -4,27 +4,24 @@ 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. Also their trademark license restricts distribution in several ways incompatible -with freedom 0. Icecat includes the following privacy protection -features: +with freedom 0. -LibreJS: GNU LibreJS aims to address the JavaScript problem described -in Richard Stallman's article The JavaScript Trap. +Icecat's additional privacy features are in form of browser addons. +This SlackBuild unbundles them so that users can install the ones they +want in the usual way: -Https-Everywhere: Extension that encrypts your communications with -many major websites, making your browsing more secure. +* SpyBlock is a fork of Adblock Plus with extra privacy features. -SpyBlock: Blocks privacy trackers while in normal browsing mode, and -all third party requests when in private browsing mode. Based on -Adblock Plus. +* Https Everywhere automatically encrypts your communications with + many major websites, making your browsing more secure. -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. +* HTML5 Video Everywhere enables popular video sites to use the + browser's built-in video player. -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. +* LibreJS blocks javascript scripts unless they are tagged as free + software [EXPERIMENTAL] + +* 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. [COSMETIC] |