Let's focus on "general browsing" vs "transactions" I run noscript and notrack add-ons in the version that does banking or similar operations in an attempt to limit loss of passwords or sensitive information. I have read that some hacks work through open tabs other than the one being used for a transaction, so I try to have only 1 tab open when transacting. The question is whether these are reasonable steps. I'm not expecting perfection, but trying to use what may be called "good practice". I agree, the goals need to be specified, but I thought I had done so. JN On 15-05-13 11:04 AM, Stephen Kraemer wrote: > On 2015-05-13 9:49, Prof J C Nash (U30A) wrote: >> 1) am I living in a fool's paradise if I think my "secured browser" is >> any safer than a general browser. My gut feeling is that I should not >> mix general browsing with transactions. > > Who/What are you trying to secure yourself against? A > "man-in-the-middle" reading personal information or meta-data? Yourself > from installing malicious software? Malicious/proprietary scripts on > websites? Do you care about anonymity, and if so, to what degree? > > Realistically, I think you have to know what you want to protect > yourself from, and make good habits to keep yourself protected. Playing > with knobs on your browser and installing addons alone and thinking > you're passively secure is certainly "living in a fool's paradise". > > -Stephen > _______________________________________________ > Linux mailing list > Linux [ at ] lists [ dot ] oclug [ dot ] on [ dot ] ca > http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux