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How difficult would it be to fork and mantain a chromium version that still supports Manifest V2?
  • I think that using gecko based browsers like Firefox is the best thing to do in the short term. But having no competition is a bad thing. So supporting new web engines, like Ladybird, is important too: https://github.com/LadybirdBrowser/ladybird

  • US Email Providers - Other then Google, MS, Apple, ...
  • And there is still the 14 eyes agreement

  • US Email Providers - Other then Google, MS, Apple, ...
  • It doesn't interoperate well with FOSS software like K9 and Thunderbird.

  • Mercurygram: a Telegram FOSS fork with Material You themes and additional features
  • Thank you for your comment. Since I deactivated Google Play services, I don't get notifications on many apps. I didn't know there were alternatives. Unfortunately, the app server must be compatible, but if I can have it at least for Telegram with this fork, it would be a good start. I'll take time to compare the different alternatives and see if other push servers are compatible with more apps.

    For what I understand, there are self hosted push servers, like NextPush that works on Nextcloud, and some that provide you a server, liked ntfy. For the latter, you have to check the privacy policy to see if it's better than the default Google firebase server.

  • How I Got a Truly Anonymous Signal Account
  • In some countries, you need an ID to buy a sim card, so it's linked to your identity, even if you pay cash.

  • What do you folks do for IRL privacy in terms of CCTV, facial recognition, etc?
  • I vote for political parties that are explicitly against facial recognition when possible (always a small party that nobody knows). I use cash.

  • Alternative YouTube clients having issues loading videos
  • Libretube works for me, but not Tubular.

  • What are the risks of sharing DNA?
  • He wants to try before accepting the deal.

  • ELI5: GrapheneOS questions
  • I don't know if there exists such a thing as GrapheneOS account, but it is not required. You can add Google, Facebook or other accounts like with regular Android. I use a self hosted Nextcloud instance to synchronize contacts and calendar with DavX5 app. GrapheneOS has built-in apps. I use most of them. For the app stores I mostly use Fdroid and Aurora store for non open source software. I don't use Google play store even sandboxed because I don't accept the terms of use, mostly because they have the right to uninstall apps from your phone without consent or notice.

  • Oh Snap! Canonical now doing manual reviews for new packages due to scam apps
  • Like Windows, Ubuntu is installed by default on many computers. In my university, all the computers have a dual boot Ubuntu Windows.

  • Chatbot letdown: Hype hits rocky reality
  • Some like Phind or Perplexity cite their sources. And they give you directly the answer you're looking for without having to search it in a mess of "subscribe to our newsletter", "other articles that may interest you", 3 paragraphs of "if you read this article, you will know what you want to know", "special promotion for you",…

  • Improve Your Privacy Setup
  • Glad to see you use cash. It's often forgotten in privacy advice, despite being one of the most importants.

  • supermarket club cards
  • And pay in cash

  • On DMA eve, Google whines, Apple sounds alarms, and TikTok wants out
  • Apple speaks like overprotective parents that don't want their kids to leave home alone.

  • Which privacy services would you donate to?
  • I think my first donation would be to GrapheneOS.

  • Android Microphone Snooping
  • A few years ago, I've read an article where the journalists investigated this. They asked to Facebook it they actually do it and Facebook confirmed.

  • How Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds
  • But it's clear that Google has a history of building products with RSS and killing the RSS support once it's established a user base.

    Not only RSS. It was the same with XMPP, and probably other things I don't remember now. Better don't rely on Google products.

  • who pays for clicked ads?
  • The announcer (the enterprise on the ad) pays to the advertising platform (for example Google) which gives a small amount to the site displaying the ad.

  • Does anyone know why NewPipe x Sponsorblock was archived?
  • I installed Tubular today. It's a fork of NewPipe with SponsorBlock. Is it the same thing or a different fork?

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