jerheinze

8 ms·

31.
by jerheinze 4y ago
Not that explicitly, but many warned about Google abusing their power if it started hitting their profits.
32.
by jerheinze 4y ago
It's not like no one was making warnings about this.
33.
Arti (rustified Tor) 0.6.0 is released(blog.torproject.org)
2 points by jerheinze 4y ago|0 comments
34.
Qubes OS 4.0 has reached EOL(qubes-os.org)
2 points by jerheinze 4y ago|0 comments
35.
by jerheinze 4y ago
You can help by running a Snowflake proxy (which merely functions as a gateway to the Tor Network, so you don't need to worry as no traffic exits from your IP) if you're in a country that doesn't censor Tor. You can either ru
36.
Tor Browser 11.5: automatic censorship detection, HTTPS-Only by default and more(blog.torproject.org)
57 points by jerheinze 4y ago|7 comments
37.
Internet Archive Seeks Summary Judgment in Lawsuit Filed by Publishing Companies(blog.archive.org)
3 points by jerheinze 4y ago|0 comments
38.
by jerheinze 4y ago
> Hearing these pleas, the Internet Archive proposed temporarily lifting the technical controls enforcing its one-to-one ratio. Since all of the libraries were closed, the Internet Archive reasoned, there were surely more non-circulating
39.
Mullvad is now continuously donating to Qubes OS(mullvad.net)
92 points by jerheinze 4y ago|3 comments
40.
Network DDoS(status.torproject.org)
101 points by jerheinze 4y ago|19 comments
41.
by jerheinze 4y ago
This has been eloquently addressed by Tor veteran Mike Perry:[1] Concerns about Javascript are rooted in two avenues: 1. Fingerprinting concerns. 2. Zero-day exploits against Firefox. The reason we feel that leaving Javascript enabled trump
42.
by jerheinze 4y ago
Thanks, corrected.
43.
by jerheinze 4y ago
This is deeply misleading and based on old data. > A reminder that Tor Browser might be one of the least safe browsers you can run: it's a fork of Firefox, meaning that its maintainers have to coordinate and port patches from the ma
44.
by jerheinze 4y ago
The article stresses that if you reduce too much for the distant vision then you will have too much blur which will only lead to blur adaptation, and won't yield any improvements.
45.
Arti (rustified Tor) 0.3.0 is released: Robustness and API improvements(blog.torproject.org)
2 points by jerheinze 4y ago|0 comments
46.
by jerheinze 4y ago
The problem with LASIK is that it doesn't address the root of the problem which is that the eyeball gets longer, it only works as if someone carved glasses on your cornea. So you might still get the negative consequences of having a lo
47.
by jerheinze 4y ago
> But, as far as I know, eyeball never shorten. There are many anecdotal reports about people seeing shorter eyeballs as measured by an autorefractor while doing the reduced lens method, one example that I recall is this one from cliffgn
48.
Reversing Lens-Induced Myopia (2018)(losetheglasses.org)
230 points by jerheinze 4y ago|98 comments
49.
by jerheinze 5y ago
Have you tried snowflake instead?
50.
by jerheinze 5y ago
Running a Tor snowflake[1] 'bridge' is now as easy as installing an addon and forgetting about it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/torproject-sn... https://chrome.google.co
51.
by jerheinze 5y ago
Might be a good time to list some Discord alternatives: * Revolt - FOSS and self-hostable, still a long time before reaching feature parity https://github.com/revoltchat * Guilded.gg - closed source alternative https:&#x2F
52.
Arti (rustified Tor) 0.0.3 is out: Configuration, predictive circuits, and more(blog.torproject.org)
2 points by jerheinze 5y ago|0 comments
53.
by jerheinze 5y ago
In case the link doesn't work for some reason switch to another Invidious instance: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=Xo7V4PPHijs
54.
Qubes OS 4.1 RC3 has been released(qubes-os.org)
2 points by jerheinze 5y ago|0 comments
55.
by jerheinze 5y ago
How will that help a person reach a website that's blocked in their country?
56.
by jerheinze 5y ago
> Remember you have to leave a tab open for it to work Better yet just install the Snowflake addon (available for both Firefox and Chrome), so it becomes more of a set-and-forget thing.
57.
by jerheinze 5y ago
A mobile browser addon would be less than ideal since you'd want the client to stay running in the background and since not everyone uses Firefox. The Guardian Project is working on implementing that standalone proxy server approach di
58.
by jerheinze 5y ago
FWIW there's another method for bootstrapping Snowflake that uses Google's AMP cache: https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/anti-censorship/pluggable-...
59.
by jerheinze 5y ago
For context: https://teddit.net/r/DataHoarder/comments/rhttac/with_reddit...
60.
by jerheinze 5y ago
> Does an attacker only need to control the guard and exit nodes, or the middle relay node(s) as well? No, only controlling the guard and exit nodes is necessary. > If the latter, can you configure Tor to use more than one middle rela

More ›