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by dessant 7y ago
It's unfortunate how Apple and Google approach device ownership, and their attitude towards the concept of general computing is concerning. We do not control our own devices, we cannot stop certain processes on them, and we do not know
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by dessant 7y ago
There is a bug report [1] that tracks Google serving a second tier search experience for Firefox for Android. Google has been dragging their feet for years on this one, and it perfectly fits their "oopsies" pattern of behavior [2]
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by dessant 7y ago
It doesn't matter what is the source of an employee's health issue, the health insurance offered by the employer should cover everything. Though I can understand how some might see it differently after being prodded into place thr
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by dessant 7y ago
You don't have to inform anyone about your content not being redistributable, that is not how copyright works.
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by dessant 7y ago
Some will continue to prefer a self-hosted GitLab instance over GitHub, but requiring at least 4GB of RAM [1] for a low traffic instance sounds like an aberration. There should be better ways to manage memory consumption, and a lean GitLa
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by dessant 7y ago
The papers they hold hostage have not been fully backed up [1] and made accessible for everyone. Elsevier does deserve to go bankrupt, but we must ensure that the information they have amassed gets salvaged. [1] https://www.ncbi.
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by dessant 7y ago
reCAPTCHA v2 blocks [1] people with disabilities from accessing basic services on the web, such as registering to vote, paying utilities, filing taxes, or accessing medical services. This practice is likely illegal, and the sites which faci
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Would Airbnb Have Fared Better with NativeScript Instead of React Native? (2018)(nativescript.org)
2 points by dessant 7y ago|0 comments
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Obviously none of us expect to be paid the black market value of extensions. The point is for browser vendors to offer better tools for sponsoring developers, because it benefits everyone. And no, the reaction to security issues should not
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by dessant 7y ago
Hi, author here. Certain software may bring greater value for society when it is freely accessible for everyone, without compromising on user privacy, while being partially subsidized by users who can afford to sponsor such projects. It wou
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Google and Mozilla are failing to support browser extension developers(armin.dev)
563 points by dessant 7y ago|190 comments
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I'm specifically talking about extensions that strive to be free and accessible for everyone. A great example for how Mozilla is deprioritizing contributions for extension developers is the new design of Firefox Add-ons. The contributi
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by dessant 7y ago
Same, I get an offer every month or so for some of my extensions. One has quoted an offer of $0.25/user for the Firefox version of Search by Image in their introductory email. That kind of money would significantly improve my life, but
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by dessant 7y ago
I experience the same one week delay with an extension. The publishing delay is always about a week, and that is highly unusual. They state that the extension update is under compliance review, which may take several business days, though t
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by dessant 7y ago
Chrome's API changes will hurt a substantial part of the extension ecosystem. Google could have dissected the webRequest API by introducing new granular APIs that together would have offered feature parity with the deprecated API funct
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Google Has Removed Search by Image from the Chrome Web Store(twitter.com)
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It's not an optimal choice, because Firefox Developer Edition is not based on the latest stable release of Firefox, and because users shouldn't be forced to switch to browsers with an alternative focus just to enjoy Firefox with a
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by dessant 7y ago
Chrome allows installing unsigned extensions by enabling developer mode in chrome://extensions. On browser startup you'll see a warning [1] that encourages you to disable unsigned extensions, but users are offered a choice .
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by dessant 7y ago
It would be important for the Firefox team to allow a discussion with third-party developers about the exact threat model and reasoning behind forcing signature checks, and disallowing an escape hatch. There are indications [1] that not eve
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by dessant 7y ago
You request administrative rights to store the configuration change. With root access malware can just replace Firefox. Even with signature checks enabled malware can trick users by pointing Firefox shortcuts to a patched browser, changing
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by dessant 7y ago
It's perplexing that Mozilla insists on forcing signature checks at any cost in release builds, when there is no consensus on the fundamental reason for doing so. > Most fundamentally, the full Firefox team does not have a common un
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by dessant 7y ago
Unbranded builds do not auto-update, and Firefox Developer Edition is based on Firefox Beta, so it can be less stable than the release build.
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by dessant 7y ago
I believe it is essential for Firefox to allow installing extensions in a private way that does not force us to upload our source code to Mozilla, especially considering their renewed push for user privacy. It could be a feature that can on
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by dessant 7y ago
The Recommended Extensions program will go live on July 11. Extension updates are reviewed by Mozilla employees before they are published. Two of my extensions are also participating, reviewers took special care in how user data is handled
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by dessant 7y ago
I felt stupid, but I have fallen victim to this on dpd.com while tracking a package. A helpful chat popup has appeared where I could request assistance from a support agent, but it was not disclosed that the agent is a bot. Needless to say
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by dessant 7y ago
Oh sweet pea, don't forbid yourselves from having children because of climate change. :( Your family can still live a conscious life, and you get to rise the most awesome climate change fighters the world has ever seen!
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by dessant 7y ago
A great example for why you shouldn't transfer your domain to Cloudflare Registrar if you're also using their CDN. Those who have transferred their domains cannot change DNS servers to mitigate the outage.
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by dessant 7y ago
No offence, but your posts in this thread appear to be projections, and they derail the conversation. The main topic we discuss is corporate surveillance. We are concerned about all the personal data that leaves our control. We are worried
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by dessant 7y ago
This comment has been detached, originally it was a reply to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20295333 .
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by dessant 7y ago
You should expect a similar impact on your privacy. The important difference is that unlike Google Analytics, reCAPTCHA v3 is inescapable. You cannot prevent the collection of your personal data, because then you would loose access to large

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