5 bizarre Firefox add-ons
Web surfers are discovering new ways to customize their internet experience — by downloading "add-ons" to the popular Firefox browser that censor bad language, blot out inappropriate (or unwanted) images, and provide other curious services. Here, 6 of the more remarkable Firefox add-ons available:
1. Google Alarm
What it does: Alerts you with a "vuvuzela-like alarm" when your personal information is sent to Google.
What's the point? To offer constant reminders of just how much personal data Google is vacuuming up, says Eyder Peralta at NPR, though, in my experience, it was all a bit too constant. Around 90 percent of the sites I went to were being watched by Google and "the alarm ran all the time."
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