aspiring Rustacean, JavaScript jockey, 3D printing addict, use Bluefin Linux, (Apple|Google)-captive, Meta-escapee, parent, husband with a husband, cisgender, he/him
I think it’s possible for a Chrome-based browser to have better ad-blocking than Google Chrome
https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-brave-browser/ is something I agree with, but Brave does have better ad-blocking features than Google Chrome, despite using the same core engine
The worrying part is rewriting repository history to cover it up
Yeah, that’s going beyond the software and making the physical supply chain possible to validate by a sufficiently equipped and educated consumer
The trade off here is that it’s very difficult to produce verifiable circuitry that is also fast
I know Google just donated to Trump’s inauguration, and also does all the stupid surveillance capitalism crap that Google does, but I just compared prices, and Google Workspace is a few dollars per month cheaper per user than Proton is, for my needs (family, custom domain names, etc)
We’ve been on Proton for a few years, and it’s fine, but we do also have Pixel Android phones, and not using Google services constantly feels like swimming upstream, plus all family members also still end up having to use Google services for work, anyway
It’s just not practical for me to de-Google, which is a shame, so I think I’ll be switching in a few months, unless pricing changes significantly :S
The whole thing is weird and the CEO especially so, and not weird in a good way: https://d-shoot.net/kagi.html
For disappearing messages to work, your conversation partner has to promise they won’t take photos of their screen, and they have to promise to use an app that actually implements the feature instead of just pretending to, and the app developers have to promise to have implemented the code to delete a message when the service says it should
Is there actually a cryptographically-sound and physically-complete method for ensuring that a message is only legible for a temporary duration once it leaves your own device and is delivered to someone elses?
Instead, ban the collection of non-essential data, and also ban the targeting of advertisements based on user profiles/history
Only select advertisements to display based on the immediate context, exactly like printed newspapers and magazines