DavideNL

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   by DavideNL 4y ago

   I wonder if there's (uBlock Origin) filter lists with only separate / specific things like this, which keeps up to date with latest updates/changes. There's `AdGuard Annoyances` and `Fanboy’s Annoyance` lists (which i
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   by DavideNL 4y ago

   Better yet, there is https://github.com/OhMyGuus/I-Still-Dont-Care-About-Cookies
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   by DavideNL 4y ago

   Unpopular opinion probably, but the move to subscriptions 'backfired' on me; Being a software developer myself in the past, I used to spend quite some money on all kinds of software. But since about 2 years i started a 'zero
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   by DavideNL 4y ago

   macOS has SIP (System Integrity Protection) which can be disabled. Your mom would not disable it. No non-technical person i've ever met, even knows what SIP is, let alone has disabled it. Security researchers, for example, can disabl
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   by DavideNL 4y ago

   Your e-mail address is not relevant; You can be tracked anyway, by browser fingerprinting, etc.
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   by DavideNL 4y ago

   The big difference to me seems that Brave actually gives you the possibility to pay them, instead of showing you ads and tracking you. None of the other Big Tech companies do this. Seems quite reasonable! in the end someone has to pay the b
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   by DavideNL 4y ago

   Perhaps check https://kagi.com/pricing A good search engine, also uses Google results I think.
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   by DavideNL 4y ago

   Fyi, perhaps others find this useful also to keep up with the latest: https://twitterisgoinggreat.com/ They have RSS too: https://twitterisgoinggreat.com/feed.xml
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   by DavideNL 4y ago

   Isn't everyone just going to move to Mastodon eventually? Perhaps it will be a slow transition, just like Signal has gained more and more users in the past years.
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    > with the option to change the provider. Ah right, that sounds good. So the user is aware of it. > But especially with a VPN the privacy is increased as it effectively becomes DNS-over-TLS/HTTPS-over-VPN. I disagree; VPN provi
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    > " overrides any custom DNS server and enforces the ones the user set - or are set by default " If Portmaster " enforces DNS servers with the ones that are set ", after installing Portmaster and without the user chan
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    Anybody know of a commandline tool equivalent to Blip? By that i mean a graphical presentation, something like `nload`: https://github.com/rolandriegel/nload
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    > Please note that pretty much all the DNS leak detection tests by the VPN providers will be a false positive, as the only thing they check is if you are using their DNS servers. Rest assured that your DNS queries are well protected by
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    > " We will exercise discretion when applying this rule. If you believe that your use-case for cryptocurrency or blockchain is not plagued by these social problems, you may ask for permission to host it on SourceHut, or appeal its r
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    Learning more about psychology / (the science of) human behavior; Learning the basics should be a mandatory class in schools in my opinion (scientifically backed learning material.)
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    Note the " That’s what he said " reply: https://twitter.com/ThierryBreton/status/1585902650134257665
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    Fyi, it does not work. I get this error when opening Finda on macOS Ventura 13.0 (22A380): " This version of Finda (629.0.0+df7956) is not compatible with your operating system version (22.1.0). Press Enter to download the latest versi
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    This might be useful to you: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    I wonder if it's also possible to just leave the Macbook "opened", but disable only the Macbooks display and not the external display (so you'd get the same result as clamshell)...?
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    Fyi, menu search in Alfred: https://github.com/BenziAhamed/Menu-Bar-Search
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    Fyi, perhaps this is useful to you: https://dortania.github.io/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher/
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    Using SwiftKey also, it's the best solution (i found) at the moment. A shame Microsoft removed it from the AppStore this month. Whenever people need to reinstall their iPhones, they can no longer download and install it, and future iOS
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    Except, some tracking/fingerprint related stuff is stored server side... and thus not "cleaned".
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    It does exist in Orion, which is also WebKit...: https://browser.kagi.com/
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    So will uBlock Origin be "crippled" in this browser, like in Chrome/Chromium and Safari?
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    I run it on a Raspberry Pi4 (as a Docker image, with automatic updates using WatchTower.) Of course performance depends on the size of your database and how many repos/files. I've configured it to use a sqlite3 database, which run
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    > their “no logs“ policy lets them turn over whatever information $law_enforcement_agency asks for You're treating this as a "black and white" scenario, which is wrong in my opinion. There are also a few trustworthy VPN
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    Many people are locked into the eco-system with all their devices. You can't just "stop" using iPhone / iPad / Macbook / iCloud / loose all your AppStore purchases, etc. etc..
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    Related ProtonVpn article: " We’ve raised this issue with Apple multiple times. Unfortunately, its fixes have been problematic. Apple has stated that their traffic being VPN-exempt is “expected”, and that “Always On VPN is only availab
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    by DavideNL 4y ago

    I've never had this issue on macOS, and use it almost daily...