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by dessant 7y ago
Google has been doing the same with reCAPTCHA v2 [1]. They are aware of the legal risk of outright blocking users from accessing services, so reCAPTCHA v3 contains no user facing UI, Google merely makes a suggestion in the form of a user sc
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by dessant 7y ago
Which ad blocker would you recommend for your users?
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We still get recommended extremist videos on YouTube with no way to opt out, unless we create a Google account. Casual visitors will continue to be exposed to that type of content.
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They do not block EU countries at the moment. It's up to them to react badly, but we must still call out their behavior.
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That's grounds for a GDPR complaint against TRUSTe and Forbes. Opting in or out must not be a condition for accessing content, so a popup that covers the page is problematic. Opting out should also be as simple as opting in, not a maze
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Chrome ad-blocker crackdown preview due late July(theregister.co.uk)
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> Supporting scientists engaged in climate change research with access to over 5,000 articles. This has to be one of the most appalling PR moves in recent memory. How about they release all the human knowledge they hold hostage that has
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> Compatibility That's a clue for where the Vue team's mind is regarding the current API. Compatibility to me reads like legacy. That's in contrast with the claims above that this is just a new optional API to serve a broa
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by dessant 7y ago
All payment solutions have drawbacks, we are talking about legality at the moment.
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One can legally pay with cryptocurrencies for various services around the world, without submitting a government ID. https://www.lifewire.com/big-sites-that-accept-bitcoin-payme... https://coinmap.org/#&#x2F
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> Accounts are verified with government-issued ID, so you know people are who they say they are. I would prefer a global payment solution that defaults to anonymity, or at least pseudonymity, especially when it comes to transferring smal
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LG TVs also contain ads in the home menu and other places, and there is no official way to opt out. Sony TVs appear to be the most user friendly options if you'd rather not see ads on a premium device. https://www.rtings.com
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I expect Visual Studio Online to find its way into the GitHub editor.
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Reminds me of Mozilla issues on GitHub and Bugzilla. You'll find important discussions that reference Google Docs documents with plans for architectural changes, roadmaps, or other details pertaining to the issue, but the documents are
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by dessant 7y ago
Hobby sites may be in a more difficult position, but businesses may decide between developer convenience and low cost, or excluding some of their users and tormenting them. There are also ways to reduce the damage reCAPTCHA causes, such as
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by dessant 7y ago
It may help if you go to the extension's settings and enable user input simulation and install the client app. Though Google may block your access to the audio challenge regardless of the browser or extensions you use, see more details
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by dessant 7y ago
I was going through the same ordeal as a Firefox user, so I've made Buster to solve challenges and reclaim some of that lost time: https://github.com/dessant/buster If you're a developer, please consider repl
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by dessant 7y ago
I agree with you, though Signal does not get access to your contact list, in case anyone is looking for a less user hostile messaging app. https://support.signal.org/hc/en-us/articles/360007061452-Do...
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If you're looking for a convenient way to search web pages on the Internet Archive, you may also use my browser extension for viewing archived and cached versions of web pages, it supports 15 data sources, and page archiving is also pl
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I'm happy to chat, and I hope the discussed concerns about deprecating the webRequest API will motivate you to bring up the topic internally at Google.
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Declaring content scripts in the manifest helps with performance and perhaps static checks, but it's not required to run code in pages, only the host permission has to be declared in the manifest, and you can just inject the code when
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No, you can't block requests from a content script as you would with the webRequest API. You can however redirect the page from a content script, read and replace page content, and steal passwords. The webRequest API gives you fine con
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Host permissions are required to access the requests through the webRequest API. Once you have set the host permission, you can redirect requests using a content script, without needing to touch the webRequest API. The performance impact is
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There are already ways to limit access to the webRequest API using host permissions, for which the user gives explicit consent. Once the host can be accessed the webRequest API isn't even needed to rewrite requests and read or modify p
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The discussed API changes do not limit malware to snoop on browser traffic, requests can still be observed, and scraping is also not affected. Ad blocking is arguably one of the best ways to protect yourself from malware, and that is the ca
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by dessant 7y ago
While the controversy centers around ad blockers, the most important aspect of the Chrome extension API changes seems to have been missing from the discussions of the past few months. You will not be able to fully control every aspect of a
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Kivy 1.11.0 Released(github.com)
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That's exciting news, though it will take a couple of years until it trickles down to financial institutions. My bank forces me to change passwords every 3 months, and of course they also disable pasting for added security. We also hav
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There is an ongoing thread that may help you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20058697
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W3C has published an extensive list of reCAPTCHA alternatives: https://www.w3.org/TR/turingtest/ W3C is requesting feedback for the document, if you'd like to make suggestions, please open an issue: https:&#

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