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by dngray 3y ago
Not really, just use Matrix and a bridge like Heisenbridge. The experience to me feels native as if the IRC users are using Matrix.
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by dngray 3y ago
I think the main benefit of Matrix over IRC, is proper E2EE and multi device support, something that simply isn't possible for IRC clients.
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by dngray 3y ago
> no real home server for the FOSS world That is because matrix is federated and IRC simply is not. There are plenty of "professional" development matrix rooms, the Fedora ones are an example of that. They often hold directions
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by dngray 3y ago
All of the fedora.im rooms. Opensuse also has their own matrix server #space.opnensuse.org and archlinux does too #archlinux:archlinux.org
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by dngray 3y ago
The exception there is Heisenbridge if you've got your own homeserver, supports certfp, and sasl auth too so it's really just like using znc or anything else.
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by dngray 3y ago
> I wonder whether the July move prompted users to find other ways to connect to Libera.chat besides Matrix, killing usage of the bridge, leading us here. It certainly, did, I deployed Heisenbridge on my homeserver because I didn't
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by dngray 3y ago
> Other options: https://www.privacytools.io/privacy-email Just so you know the original team behind that site moved to https://www.privacyguides.org/en/email/ We don't list StartMail beca
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by dngray 3y ago
Who even needs a desktop environment. Sway WM, Waybar, Rofi. Rock solid, and does everything I've ever needed from it and is still a better experience on a multi-monitor setup than any DE I've tried.
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by dngray 3y ago
and a great way to give your browser a unique fingerprint so it can be tracked even further. Plugins like this are a very bad idea.
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by dngray 3y ago
> I love Emacs. I develop for it, financially support it, live it everyday. The last thing you want is to be stuck debugging your failed desktop session on Tuesday morning at the airport as your wife waits for you to find the tickets. 10
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by dngray 3y ago
> eminently stable and usable X11 FUD. Wayland works fine. I have been using Sway for years now without issue. It is also more secure[1], maintained[2] and even works with NVIDIA's proprietary driver. [3][4]. It also isn't the
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by dngray 3y ago
100% and I dislike having two vim configurations to maintain which is why they also have https://github.com/LunarVim/nvim-basic-ide With LazyVim I basically got rid of the both, and now my vim config is literally a few
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by dngray 3y ago
LazyVim isn't really like those "fully fledged" distributions as it doesn't include nearly as much stuff. I did find this comparison not too long ago https://medium.com/@adaml.poniatowski/exploring-t
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by dngray 3y ago
One of the things I noticed about LunarVim is that they were not very receptive about it in the official NeoVim rooms whereas people there (including NeoVim developers) were quite positive about LazyVim. The other alternative they suggested
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by dngray 3y ago
> Everyone who has reason to fear a state actor should not use smart phone except for truly innocent activity. It's just insecure. The real lesson here is to not have unsupported devices in your possession. This malware uses 5 exp
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by dngray 4y ago
What I'm surprised to not see here is no mention of firmware updates. The Fairphones still use Qualcomm SoCs which only receive 2Y firmware updates. I wonder how they get code to "Qualcomm closed-source components". That mean
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Privacy Guides is now multilingual(blog.privacyguides.org)
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by dngray 4y ago
It's not really important https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/01/26/supercookie-pro... The extra functionality provided by ClearURLs is not not needed with Ublock Origin's removeparam featur
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by dngray 4y ago
> Cookie AutoDelete Don't bother with this extension as it can't delete other storage locations where there is persistant storage. Also Firefox has TCP, Total Cookie Protection so you don't need them anyway. https:/&
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by dngray 4y ago
> Ad Nauseam Don't do this, you're not making your browser any more private than just blocking using uBlock Origin. Any kind of "obfuscation" extensions that change browsing behavior significantly modify the fingerpri
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by dngray 4y ago
Just be mindful that Firefox/Android doesn't have process isolation. https://www.privacyguides.org/mobile-browsers/#android This is because the desktop browser uses the full "Gecko" renderer, but mo
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by dngray 4y ago
You're on the right track, perhaps take a look at https://www.privacyguides.org/desktop-browsers/#firefox that's really all.
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by dngray 4y ago
> killing DoH conclusively on your home network is more difficult than you've made it seem It's actually not too difficult if your users use Firefox. You can use enterprise policies https://support.mozilla.org/e
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by dngray 4y ago
> DoH uses UDP, not TCP. Unless you're using HTTP3/QUIC, you can block port 443/UDP. There's actually two protocols DNS over QUIC https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc9250/ which has a speci
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by dngray 4y ago
> Consent-O-Matic (auto fill cookie consent forms) This will modify the browser fringerprint making you more unique. I would not install so many extensions as you're trusting a huge number of organizations/people with privilege
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by dngray 4y ago
One of the most important things you can do is enable ETP, (Enhanced Tracking Protection), set that to "Strict" and enable sanitizing on close: We have instructions for that https://www.privacyguides.org/desktop-br
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by dngray 4y ago
adnauseam makes your browser easier to fingerprint because it drastically changes the browser's behaviour. Do not recommend.
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by dngray 4y ago
The correct site is https://privacyguides.org The former team left Privacy Tools and that is now just arbitrary recommendations by one guy who mostly spruiks cryptocurrency bullshit. He also has no experience when it comes to au
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by dngray 4y ago
It's also redundant, just use uBlock Origin.
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by dngray 4y ago
> Disconnect, Privacy Badger, ClearURLs https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions#-don... Really these days about the only privacy extension you might need is uBO and possibly CanvasBlocker i

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