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by surround 7y ago
I’m not sure how decentralized BAT is when a single entity, Brave, controls it. Like the blog said, if you donate to a website that isn’t signed up on Brave’a program, Brave keeps the donation for itself.
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by surround 7y ago
I actually prefer web apps because browsers make it easy to view control what’s being sent over my network. Requests are decrypted in the browser and can be viewed in plaintext with the browser console. They can be blocked using tools such
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by surround 7y ago
The reason why “the internet is broken” is because of ads. Ads incentivize tracking and clickbait. In the end, ad companies, such as Google and Faceboook, act in the interests of advertisers, not users. Brave is an ad company. On the other
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by surround 7y ago
I have some crappy IOT devices, but I cannot control them unless they are on the same WiFi network as my phone (e.g. Sonos). What should I do?
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by surround 7y ago
I don’t want to pay for sites to be ad & tracker free, I want to rewards sites that don’t have ads & trackers in the first place.
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by surround 7y ago
From what I understand, it’s a patent for a weakened Coronavirus strain that could be used for vaccination. A flu-shot, basically.
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How Well Can You Hear Audio Quality? (2015)(npr.org)
1 points by surround 7y ago|0 comments
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by surround 7y ago
The only reason why I wasn’t using TOR for all of my browsing is because of the latency. I guess I might just use it now.
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by surround 7y ago
Mozilla shouldn’t recommend an old and unmaintained fork (Adblocker ultimate) when they could recommend the actual, up-to-date extension (AdGuard). The rip-off extension only has a lot of downloads (more than the real extension, in fact) be
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by surround 7y ago
Firefox needs to take its recommended extensions program more seriously. They have been recommending a copy-cat extension for over two years now, despite the reports of users and major developers (including gorhill himself). https:/&#
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by surround 7y ago
My opinion is that websites should be supported entirely by donations. Websites that provide something useful and worthwhile to users will survive, and websites that only try to drive clicks will die.
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Why is Firefox recommending an extension which copies another extension?(twitter.com)
1 points by surround 7y ago|0 comments
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by surround 7y ago
I could show this article to my neighbor who owns a Ring doorbell and he wouldn’t care. Nobody I know seems to care about digital privacy. And it’s not just people who are less technically knowledgeable, either. A friend of mine who has wor
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by surround 7y ago
> Generally you can't get unremovable malaware installed on an iphone. Apple uses FUD to justify restricting users from doing what they want with their phone. > If this type of privacy restriction makes you choose android privacy
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by surround 7y ago
There’s two things about iOS that bothers me, privacy wise: - Apple still makes money off of ads, creating a conflict of interest. By default, users have a unique tracking/advertising ID attached to their phone. - iOS is extremely rest
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by surround 7y ago
Apple’s restrictive iOS is what’s pushed me to use Android. Sure, out-of-the-box, iOS is better for privacy. But with the right adjustments, power users can make Android much better for privacy than iOS.
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by surround 7y ago
Yes, which is why I’d recommend using DDG primarily and only using !s when you need better results. Using Startpage is probably better than using Google directly. There is debate over the legitimacy of Startpage, see: https://git
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by surround 7y ago
> sad that the better approach is getting hit by the regulation stick. It’s not sad, it just doesn’t make sense. This isn’t logical - Apple should be getting hit worse for being more restrictive
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by surround 7y ago
“Search” or “look up.” Don’t beholden yourself to any brand name.
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by surround 7y ago
Try !s (Startpage, which is based on Google’s index)
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by surround 7y ago
How is Apple getting away with iOS? Unlike Android, you cannot cannot change the default browser, maps, messaging apps or anything.
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by surround 7y ago
I looks like those glasses just overexpose the video. You could probably turn down the exposure digitally and identify the person.
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by surround 7y ago
http://isThisYourPaperOnSingleServingSites.com/
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by surround 7y ago
Decentralized opportunity... centralized on Facebook’s apps?
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by surround 7y ago
But how does it support live TV?
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by surround 7y ago
Yes, it’s a blacklist. However, there is ongoing work to improve privacy.resistFingerprinting (enabled in about:config) which makes the browser more similar to other users with this setting enabled.
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by surround 7y ago
There’s also the knife, bomb, cigarette, and middle finger emojis. And Apple decided to keep the peach emoji looking like a butt: https://techcrunch.com/2016/11/15/apple-brings-back-the-peac...
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by surround 7y ago
Apple started it. For a time, a text like this: > Let’s meet at the park [pistol emoji] Would have have very different meanings between platforms. Eventually, all platforms followed Apple and switched to the water pistol. (The ones that
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by surround 7y ago
Well, there is lobste.rs
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by surround 7y ago
I feel bad now that my comment received so much attention. I didn’t realize that the Reddit comment was made a year ago, and I should have tested the webpage size myself. The author’s argument is still important, after all.

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