Most people lock their doors and windows, use a paper shredder to protect themselves from identity theft, and install antivirus software on their computers. Yet they routinely surf the Internet without giving a second thought to whether their browser is secure and their personal information safe. Unfortunately, it's easy for someone with nefarious intentions to use a Web site to glean data from -- or introduce spyware to -- your computer. Even worse, sometimes all you have to do is randomly click on a site to have your data probed in a most unwelcome way. Any tools which helps my security and privacy while surfing the Internet is worth looking at. There are many Firefox extensions which can improve your privacy and security on the Net. This articles talks about 10 such tools.

The link for this article located at Linux.com is no longer available.