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by cpv 7y ago
To be honest, Fb login is one of the least reasons I worry. I have seen apps sending requests to facebook graph without using the login, or they don't have facebook login at all.. I haven't rated any apps based on this, though.
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by cpv 7y ago
They even have a better version, the Multi Container plugin. You can separate multiple contexts (fb, goog, banking, memes..), and each lives in a separate container. Takes a little time to get used to, and if used with privacy badger, ubloc
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by cpv 7y ago
My 0.2$, a previous comment of mine https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22180163 "Some chat apps (like Viber and others) have Facebook SDK integrated in them, without any direct Facebook functionality people would u
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by cpv 7y ago
In the recent events, like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22178917 we have learned that there is a lot of data moving around, including various third-parties.
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by cpv 7y ago
"Almost without fail at each engagement multiple C-level folks will approach after my talk, hand me their business cards and say something like, “I hope you never have to use this, but if you do please call me first.”" https:&#x2
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by cpv 7y ago
Some chat apps (like Viber and others) have Facebook SDK integrated in them, without any direct Facebook functionality people would use. Discovered after using NetgGuard, and seeing who is calling home, and not only home. (Why viber is maki
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by cpv 7y ago
Thanks, will check it out!
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by cpv 7y ago
I'm curious: Are you running it as full-time, or a side project? How much time does it take for maintenance in a month? Can you share a link?
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by cpv 7y ago
Such notifications (email, text) can be disabled in the settings. And you can visit the app/web when you feel like, not when they want.
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by cpv 7y ago
I've seen this tracking param when people shared with me some links, which they got from Fb. There is a Firefox extension ClearURLs, which strips some tracking parameters from the url. From what I remember, if you click in Fb on a link
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by cpv 7y ago
That's a trend going for years. A lot of services, newsletters, promo, telemetry, are by default opt-out. When you install some chat app, it also syncs some data (e.g. contacts maybe?) and then you can go in the settings and opt-out fo
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by cpv 7y ago
Here's a short video with some summary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmkHAlhCvWg The second part has some interesting reactions from fans, counter reactions from blizzard. This moment has rocked the gaming community,
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by cpv 7y ago
" Think marathon, not sprint." I've seen this before as "Think long-term, not short-term". Sometimes it can be true.
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by cpv 7y ago
Nonetheless, having access to the source gives you insights how things work, build by yourself. With more experience, you can customize it, or suggest PRs. This can be a game changer.
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by cpv 7y ago
I would say modifiable and available. Create Epic account, link to Github, receive access to UE4 repository. Probably can be revoked easily. Or get it via launcher, after log in into your account. Also, you cannot post online more than 30 l
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by cpv 7y ago
Do you know a similar service outside US?
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by cpv 7y ago
Here is a book from the soviet era, about Venus https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23302599 "Тайна утренней зари"/"The Mystery of the Dawn"/"Taina Luceafărului". As for the
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by cpv 7y ago
Aside from DDG, can anyone say anything about other available alternatives, like startpage.com, lite.qwant.com or searchencrypt.com?
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by cpv 7y ago
Some Samsung devices have removable batteries, which if replaced with new ones, can add some more life to it.
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by cpv 7y ago
I was surprised to see how many popular websites rely on things like user agent or referer header to deliver functionality. As soon as you start tinkering with them, they stop working, or say you use an older browser, etc.
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by cpv 8y ago
Good improvement on them. They had interesting articles from time to time, from various domains (security, gamedev, DYI, management, work-life balance, work migration, science, etc). Opening to the international audience can only be benefic
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by cpv 8y ago
I had to run VB on Mac host, with linux guest. No issues, but every time I need to create a VM, I set different settings than the default ones (more ram, 2 cpu cores instead of one, 3d acceleration + more video memory).
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by cpv 8y ago
Good question. Probably you need to send a data request, so they can provide you with info they have about you. But based on what should they search in their data warehouse? IP? Cookies? Interests? Leaked email? I guess one way to avoid sha
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by cpv 8y ago
I don't really know this. Just provided what similar functionality exists in FB. It's a black box for most of us. You might need to provide fake data to make it relearn. There were comments here and there about people liking vario
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by cpv 8y ago
FB has Activity Log, visible only to you, and shows what you posted, commented, liked, tagged, shared, searched, etc. From there you can manage and delete stuff if you want, by hand.
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by cpv 8y ago
It might depend, on country, but I know that usually you can mention donations as "donations" in your income papers/form. Don't know how it would be for an opensource project. Mentioning something like "open source
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by cpv 8y ago
FF has an option to configure the Referer (lots of websites might break). Scripts/fonts can be filtered via extensions like Privacy Badger, either by blocking the cookie, or the domain completely.
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by cpv 8y ago
why eastern Europe?
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by cpv 8y ago
LinkedIn also happens to have interesting answers. Which I don't use. Or skype, I had to disable it, because it looked like complete gibberish (some English suggestions for non english messages).
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by cpv 8y ago
Firefox Focus has this enabled, and some banking/payment apps (the developers knew about the flag).

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