I don't think the Tor network is inherently insecure. Exit nodes may attempt to sniff at your traffic, but since every modern service you may use on the clearnet is encrypted then it does not make much of a difference, not to mention if you don't use Tor you give the chance to watch your traffic to even more people.
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Wondering if anyone is using the 'Brave' browser. Been seeing some stories about it, and it claims to prioritize user privacy and do a
good job at ad-blocking. Installed it on my wife's Windows machine and
it seemed pretty decent. Thinking about trying it on Linux but wanted
to know if there are any first-hand experienced user stories on it.
I avoid it like the plague for a few different reasons:
1. It's a Chromium fork, thus polluting the browser market with
false choice
2. It's inextricably linked to cryptocurrency (specifically BAT)
3. It's run by outspoken anti-LGBTQIA+ activist Brendan Eich
I currently use Floorp (a Firefox fork) with ζBlock Origin.
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I avoid it like the plague for a few different reasons:
1. It's a Chromium fork, thus polluting the browser market with false choice
I currently use Floorp (a Firefox fork) with ζBlock Origin.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Most all browsers, including now Microsoft's Edge, are forked from either Chromium or the Mozilla/Firefox family tree. IIRC, Opera is now a fork of
I don't think the Tor network is inherently insecure. Exit nodes may
attempt to sniff at your traffic, but since every modern service you may
use on the clearnet is encrypted then it does not make much of a
difference, not to mention if you don't use Tor you give the chance to
watch your traffic to even more people.
i wouldn't trust it. you're sending your data through random people, most of them not very nice people. furthermore the us govt developed it and released it to the public.
The Exit nodes can potentially monitor your internet activity,
keep track of the web pages you visit, searches you perform,
and messages you send. No doubt some government institutions
are operating exit nodes.
But isn't there more confidence in privacy and encryted
sessions when using .onion destinations?
There was that other browser engine for a bit, Electron? I think that one might've gone over to the Chromium side too, if I'm not mistaken.
and messages you send. No doubt some government institutions
are operating exit nodes.
There is WebKit. Epiphany is based on it. However, it could very well be another name for Chromium or Mozilla/FF for all I know. :)
WebKit is the browser engine underpinning Safari, as well as the
browsers built into the PS3/Nintendo 3DS and onward.
But isn't there more confidence in privacy and encryted
sessions when using .onion destinations?
if it's going through us govt nodes then encryption and privacy is probably useless.
There is WebKit. Epiphany is based on it. However, it could very well be another name for Chromium or Mozilla/FF for all I know. :)
yeah Webkit is a nice backup to have, but kinda sux if you try using it as you
primary. It does work when something like Librewolf fails.
1. It's a Chromium fork, thus polluting the browser market with
false choice
Gamgee >> 1. Okay, so a Chromium fork is "bad", but a Firefox fork is fine.
The Exit nodes can potentially monitor your internet activity,
keep track of the web pages you visit, searches you perform,
and messages you send. No doubt some government institutions
are operating exit nodes.
But isn't there more confidence in privacy and encryted
sessions when using .onion destinations?
and messages you send. No doubt some government institutions
are operating exit nodes.
Well, I have doubts about that, considering most http traffic these days goes encapsulated in TLS.
An Exit node can't keep track of the sites you visit because different sites are accessed over different circuits. An exit node who gets a gazillion users through it cannot realistically determinate which site visits belong to a particular user either.
Searches cannot be tracked because the serch query is encrypted. Same with messages and the like.
speedwise, on machines with fewer cores or less memory and in situations where I need something a little more powerful than links2.
the probably is, you trust encryption. don't you think all the big govts have cracked that encryption or have a way around it? they are probably 10 years or more ahead of what we think they are.
speedwise, on machines with fewer cores or less memory and in situations where I need something a little more powerful than links2.
Nice, I've been looking for something for those situations. What's the "crappiest" computer you've used Epiphany on?
the probably is, you trust encryption. don't you think all the big govts have cracked that encryption or have a way around it? they are probably 10 years or more ahead of what we think they are.
I don't think they can crack something like modern TLS in real time. I am sure they have a bunch of pre-cracked primitives stored somewhere so they
Personaly I think it is not likely they can perform real time cracking, because when they have needed such a thing they have opted to bribe operators of the trust chain instead (in order to get fake certificates to attempt MITM).
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 quad-core with 2M Cache & 2GB DDR3L-1600 RAM
I actually thought it was a single core machine. This is a machine that can
Intel Atom x5-Z8350 quad-core with 2M Cache & 2GB DDR3L-1600 RAM
I actually thought it was a single core machine. This is a machine that ca
I bought hundreds of Dell E420s, neat little systems with a Core 2 Duo, 1.2 ghz. For the time, it was a great traveler PC - lightweight, and the high-capacity battery stuck out the front, making for a makeshift keyboard rest.
I had one that kept coming back because people reported it was too slow. It ha
the same stickers and config as the others, but when I ran CPU-Z, realized it had a 1.0 ghz Core 2 Solo. I'd never *heard* of that chip.
It explained why the battery lasted so long. I kept it around, Dell sent me a properly spec'ed D420 to replace it and didn't ask for a return.
³ I avoid it like the plague for a few different reasons:I can agree with part 1, Brave should have used the firefox engine or
³
³ 1. It's a Chromium fork, thus polluting the browser market with false choice
³ 2. It's inextricably linked to cryptocurrency (specifically BAT)
³ 3. It's run by outspoken anti-LGBTQIA+ activist Brendan Eich
³
³ I currently use Floorp (a Firefox fork) with ζBlock Origin.
Firefox just announced something about AI in its browser. I'm hoping the FF forks leave that stuff out.AI= Bloat, and the API for AI providers is not free either. My favorite
³ I avoid it like the plague for a few different reasons:I can agree with part 1, Brave should have used the firefox engine or
³
³ 1. It's a Chromium fork, thus polluting the browser market with false choice
³ 2. It's inextricably linked to cryptocurrency (specifically BAT)
³ 3. It's run by outspoken anti-LGBTQIA+ activist Brendan Eich
³
³ I currently use Floorp (a Firefox fork) with ζBlock Origin.
the engine from Safari instead. Browser makers don't want to do it the hard way.
It is a bit of a matter of perspective. As far as Chromium remains open-source I don't think the monoculture aspect is too
problematic. Still, it sucks when some non-standard becomes so dominant it starts being difficult to use any alternative.
Thankfully, I think we are far from that point.
The only firefox fork I have ried s Pale Moon. It was ok, but the developpers were assholes and the whole deal was very Windows
centric. They had a very "just use Windows" vibe that got them out of many repositories.
Personally I'm more into Firefox. I don't know why, because it's just a browser, but I still prefer it to Chrome and Chromium-based browsers.
Personally I'm more into Firefox. I don't know why, because it's just a browser, but I still prefer it to Chrome and Chromium-based browsers.
I personally prefer Firefox because it is relatively easy to fix.
I say this because most web browsers are broken, in the sense that they leak a whole lot of information about what you do to third parties via telemetric services and the like. With Firefox you can load the arkenfox user.sj file and remove the issue in one sweep.
I personally prefer Firefox because it is relatively easy to fix.
I say this because most web browsers are broken, in the sense that they leak a whole lot of information about what you do to third parties via telemetric
services and the like. With Firefox you can load the arkenfox user.sj file and remove the issue in one sweep.
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