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if you're not running a relay, you're not truly decentralized. bluesky, in controlling the only working relay, continues to be a centralized platform.


it's good. think of it like adding a different kind of lock that requires a different key (method) to open up first. at worst it's no less secure than before. If it works as intended it's a huge disincentive for anyone collecting encrypted data with the hopes that a quantum computer may break encryption the "old" method in the future.


with Google you at least have the option to de-google with graphene or lineage. no open source alternatives on Apple mobile hardware.


You do. Yes, and lots of things wont work without the Play store (and its subsystems) but you can.

It’s nice that it’s an option, I agree. That’s not really cypherpunk tho, is it?


good thing pixelfed supports stories


They import old stories too? Import the highlight reel? Crosspost the current story?

They could have included that in their blog post


check out Lemmy https://join-lemmy.org/


Last I checked the main instance became a haven for US domestic terrorists and like-minded ilk.


Perhaps, however the tech works. The point of the fediverse is you can choose who to federate with.


like mastodon? from my mastodon account I can interact with pixelfed (like Instagram), peertube (like YouTube) and Lemmy (like reddit).


Sorry I am not familiar with Mastadon.


if you're already using uBlock Origin just enable the EasyList Cookies filter and you'll never see a cookie popup again.


on mobile so can't provide source but look up why privacy badger no longer uses a dynamic "learned" list of trackers to block, the way you mention safari works and instead uses a list that everyone else uses. it basically reduces privacy because your list of blocked sites is likely to be unique among other users (along with other data points) and unintuitively makes it easier to track you across the web.


The summary:

>By default, Privacy Badger receives periodic learning updates from Badger Sett, our Badger training project. This “remote learning” automatically discovers trackers present on thousands of the most popular sites on the Web. Privacy Badger no longer learns from your browsing by default, as “local learning” may make you more identifiable to websites. You may want to opt back in to local learning if you regularly browse less popular websites.

-- https://privacybadger.org/#How-does-Privacy-Badger-work

The full writeup:

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/privacy-badger-changin...


Huh an interesting issue to have to deal with. I'm not sure it makes it easier to track you in practice, though I can see in theory it could absolutely work, so if you did have the choice of have a static block list it would be better.

That said, my point stands that the bigger "reputable" trackers (e.g. the ones that exist on basically every website) are all blocked by the learned trackers techniques, and so should be listed as blocked on that site.


any suggestions?


Do criminals and launderers not use Microsoft, Google or Amazon apps and services?


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