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I've used Decentraleyes for a while now and it works great. I would actually like to see it—or more specifically, the idea—integrated into browsers. It would im

I've used Decentraleyes for a while now and it works great. I would actually like to see it—or more specifically, the idea—integrated into browsers. It would improve privacy, (potentially) security, and speed at the cost of disk space.

Kamshak 6y ago
I was thinking the same but then browsers have caches and most of the CDNs (e.g. jsdeliver) set max-age to a year and immutable so you're only tracked once
- RBURBURXEIVG3KO 6y ago
  For privacy reasons caches are per site these days. So even if you visit 1 page using a CDN and it is cached, if you visit a different website using the same CDN it will be downloaded again.
  - m-p-3 6y ago
    Ironically this degrades privacy as the CDN can track you everywhere..
- surround 6y ago
  > My browser caches downloaded CDN libraries, doesn't that protect my privacy? > Sadly, no. Even if the file in question is stored inside of your cache, your browser might still contact the referenced Content Delivery Network to check if the resource has been modified. https://git.synz.io/Synzvato/decentraleyes/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions#my-browser-caches-downloaded-cdn-libraries-doesnt-that-protect-my-privacy https://git.synz.io/Synzvato/decentraleyes/-/wikis/Frequentl...
scarlac 6y ago
Was Opera's "Turbo" mode not a similar feature? A feature launched in the early mobile/late dail-up days. Albeit the proxy CDN was provided by Opera. It would take proxy JPEGs, compress them more, serve them from an edge node. It don't think it was marketed as a privacy feature but mostly bandwidth/speed. But in theory if you trust Opera, you'd get more privacy?
- divbzero 6y ago
  Opera Turbo was a bit different, I think, in that it used Opera servers as CDN and provided additional compression, while Decentraleyes uses your local file system as CDN without modifying the resources.
- lucb1e 6y ago
  Given that Mozilla now has a proxy (VPN) service, that could be a nice tie-in indeed.
  - mike_d 6y ago
    You don't want your VPN provider also unwrapping TLS.
    - lucb1e 6y ago
      So proxies intercepting your traffic are fine but VPN intercepting your traffic is not? Of course, this should be super explicit and opt-in, but Mozilla is in a position where a lot of people would trust them (you can agree or disagree whether that trust is misplaced) and if the goal is privacy and/or saving bandwidth on poor connections, this could be very useful.

Kamshak 6y ago

I was thinking the same but then browsers have caches and most of the CDNs (e.g. jsdeliver) set max-age to a year and immutable so you're only tracked once

RBURBURXEIVG3KO 6y ago
For privacy reasons caches are per site these days. So even if you visit 1 page using a CDN and it is cached, if you visit a different website using the same CDN it will be downloaded again.
- m-p-3 6y ago
  Ironically this degrades privacy as the CDN can track you everywhere..
surround 6y ago
> My browser caches downloaded CDN libraries, doesn't that protect my privacy? > Sadly, no. Even if the file in question is stored inside of your cache, your browser might still contact the referenced Content Delivery Network to check if the resource has been modified. https://git.synz.io/Synzvato/decentraleyes/-/wikis/Frequently-Asked-Questions#my-browser-caches-downloaded-cdn-libraries-doesnt-that-protect-my-privacy https://git.synz.io/Synzvato/decentraleyes/-/wikis/Frequentl...

scarlac 6y ago

Was Opera's "Turbo" mode not a similar feature? A feature launched in the early mobile/late dail-up days. Albeit the proxy CDN was provided by Opera. It would take proxy JPEGs, compress them more, serve them from an edge node. It don't think it was marketed as a privacy feature but mostly bandwidth/speed. But in theory if you trust Opera, you'd get more privacy?

divbzero 6y ago
Opera Turbo was a bit different, I think, in that it used Opera servers as CDN and provided additional compression, while Decentraleyes uses your local file system as CDN without modifying the resources.
lucb1e 6y ago
Given that Mozilla now has a proxy (VPN) service, that could be a nice tie-in indeed.
- mike_d 6y ago
  You don't want your VPN provider also unwrapping TLS.
  - lucb1e 6y ago
    So proxies intercepting your traffic are fine but VPN intercepting your traffic is not? Of course, this should be super explicit and opt-in, but Mozilla is in a position where a lot of people would trust them (you can agree or disagree whether that trust is misplaced) and if the goal is privacy and/or saving bandwidth on poor connections, this could be very useful.