Quickly Improve Web Browsing Privacy

While browsing this Hacker News thread, I came across a small tip for improving web browsing privacy.

Use Firefox and install the following add-ons:

• Disconnect
• Ublock Origin (choose appropriate 3rd-party block lists)
• Privacy Badger (no setup required; just install—it learns as you go)

In Firefox, use about:config to change the following:

• Toggle dom.storage.enabled to False
• Toggle layout.css.visited_links_enabled to False
• Toggle media.peerconnection.enabled to False
• Toggle network.prefetch-next to False
• Toggle network.http.sendReferrerHeader to 0 (zero)
• Toggle network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer to False

These settings have worked for me without any issues. I bank and perform all manner of activities online with no problems. I see, however, no ads, no tracking, faster page loads, and a clean experience overall.

I'm not sure if it sounds too paranoid, but there are no real drawbacks to trying it.

While the advice is about Firefox, I'm sure something similar could be achieved with Chrome, at least to some extent.