Brave browser blocks Windows feature that takes screenshots of everything you do on your PC
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The fact that the dev behind brave is a homophobe isn't opt in though...
It's also just another flavor of chromium so it still helps Google maintain their monopoly.
Anyone trying to de-google needs to be using Firefox.
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I don't know, maybe because I understand the definition of "spyware" and "telemetry"?
Well, semantically yes, not all telemetry is spyware. However regarding Windows telemetry it's indistinguishable from spyware - you have no idea nor control over the data gathered, measured and processed.
The crux is that Windows telemetry is opt out, opting out can't be done during installation, and historically opting out wasn't sticky. Additionally some Windows telemetry is still being sent despite opting out.
That makes Windows telemetry fulfill all spyware criteria.
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im pretty sure you can disable a ton of stuff in the options menu
Yeah but for example fingerprinting is either fully on or fully off
Switching defaults hurt fingerprinting more than it helps so at that point might as well stay with the default firefox
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I'm pretty sure if Firefox/Mozilla decides to change their policy on something, most forks of firefox will have no choice but follow the same path
afaik all firefox forks are really small, just like chromium forks
Mozilla might not have as much conflicting interests though, I admit it
Oh yeah, absolutely. There are no good options for a truly libre web, unfortunately.
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Honestly it largely is.
I mean, by definition, it isn't.
It's anonymous and not malicious in nature. It's a diagnostic and engagement measuring tool.
And how do you know it's not malicious in nature? I'd like to know what your definition of "malicious" is if you're just fine with letting a Corpo run system look at everything you're doing.
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It's not, but it's also not spyware - it's local, encrypted, AND optional.
Optional like how it reminds me every 3 days that it wants my info for "customization" purposes, and I can only sleep the notification for another 3 days instead of telling it to fuck off?
They have been so predatory, at this point no one should see anything they do as benefiting end users.
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MacOS isn't terrible, only the hardware is.
I despise their business model, their design decisions, and their walled garden. I will agree that the OS is fine. I was forced to use a MacBook at a software development job in the past. It being UNIX was a big point why I didn't immediately hate it. I will still agree with the other users and say that their hardware is pretty nice and well thought-out (not praising the anti-consument measures like soldered RAM). Still, I would personally never buy their devices due to the aforementioned business practices.
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What feature? Recall?? That's Windows 11-specific and hasn't even launched yet??
I love this comment so much
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OK, you need to explain to me how tf does Linux block something that works only on Windows.
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Let me know when it is discovered that they in fact replaced MS Recall with their own version that was scraping your data in yet another sketchy attempt to make money.
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What if they always decline cookies? Or is this cookie one of those necessary ones?
Someone who used Linux would know that
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The post itself is reasonable quality and informative so I find it upvote worthy. If a post is low quality or a shit post then I downvote.
To me the karma system is about quality. Not an "I agree/disagree" button.
For comments I only down vote obvious trolls, bigots/racism etc.
The problem is that people routinely upvote bullshit, falsehoods, and flat out disinformation. Just because it was well written does not make it true.
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It's not, but it's also not spyware - it's local, encrypted, AND optional.
Actual optional things are disabled by default.
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Microsoft is known for making things āoptionalā at first then eventually forcing it down everyoneās throats. Removing offline accounts is one of them.
Itās not so much the technology itself is malware, but its behavior replicates that of malware.
Yes hello John Windows my microwave account name is Oobe\bypassnro
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yeah but it's run by an active opponent of LGBT folks
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I can install apps well enough, but I'm very techie, the general population isn't gonna be able to do it reasonably
You donāt need to be ātechieā to install stuff from a package manager with a GUI. People use app stores on every mobile device out there and they donāt have any problems with that
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I said āusuallyā, and Iām talking about mainstream distros.
They don't all have that either
And yet they all have a package manager of some kind to install packages from. It doesnāt have to be Flatpak specifically
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Yes hello John Windows my microwave account name is Oobe\bypassnro
This also works:
shift-F10 before you get to the network configuration, then type this and press enter
start ms-cxh:localonlyFor either method, if you configure networking during setup, e.g. plug in an ethernet cable or give it the wi-fi password, it'll keep returning to the online account screen. You need to do it prior to network config.
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it has better anti fingerprinting than firefox? That's nice to know
wrote last edited by [email protected]oh yea i used pixel scan or something similar, ban evaders use these to check thier browser profile, and it partially shields it. there other similar browser scanners, but the thing is you also need proxies and anti-detect browsers to hide the rest of your activities, because reddit is just that invasive in detection.(hence all those bans.
