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1 points·by Bright_Machine·3 jaar geleden·0 comments

French govt. says users of uBlock Origin, Signal etc. are potential terrorists

laquadrature.net
923 points·by Bright_Machine·3 jaar geleden·508 comments

Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought

bitestring.com
620 points·by Bright_Machine·3 jaar geleden·510 comments

India drafts rules to prevent installing apps that are not from App/Play Store

egovstandards.gov.in
5 points·by Bright_Machine·4 jaar geleden·1 comments

Linux Foundation's new podcast requires DRM

podcast.linuxfoundation.org
4 points·by Bright_Machine·4 jaar geleden·4 comments

How much time do you spend on your phone each day?

3 points·by Bright_Machine·4 jaar geleden·6 comments

How Chrome treats your privacy explained with simple comics

contrachrome.com
2 points·by Bright_Machine·4 jaar geleden·1 comments

Why to care about privacy after years of sharing data

blog.thenewoil.org
257 points·by Bright_Machine·4 jaar geleden·83 comments

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Bright_Machine
·3 jaar geleden·discuss
Computing world will be a darker place without him. I wish HN crowd and tech enthusiasts stop worshiping latest Apple and Google products and teach others to use free software.
Bright_Machine
·3 jaar geleden·discuss
Only GNOME supports clipboard sharing with guests, because GNOME unifies X11 and Wayland clipboards in the compositor. None of the other Wayland DEs are supporting it since it requires special handling in their respective compositors.
Bright_Machine
·3 jaar geleden·discuss
No awards for Mozilla? EFF should really award Mozilla for keeping up with web standards using their own browser engine instead of just being Chromium copycat.
Bright_Machine
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
I understand your decision. But still switching from one proprietary OS to another does not help in long run. There's no guarantee that Apple will not become another adtech company. Linux seems to be the long term fix for all of us.
Bright_Machine
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
Why not give up on Windows and switch to any of popular Linux distros?
Bright_Machine
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
I'm following the same workflow. I use a Linux host and then a Linux guest with OpenGL acceleration on virt-manager. I do all my development and browsing inside the VM. I do not trust any of the npm packages or PIP packages. Any personal stuff like banking, password manager, Nextcloud goes on the host.

With modern virtio interfaces for network, disk and graphics practically giving near metal performance, there's no reason to not utilize VMs for development.
Bright_Machine
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
Indian government want to increase security by preventing "sideloading" of the apps in smartphones. Which really means, "You cannot run a program on your own device bought with your own money without getting it signed by Apple or Google because that is bad for cybersecurity."

They also want apps to check for root permissions to prevent running on rooted phones. There are also mentions of obfuscation of the binaries to increase security.
Bright_Machine
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
The title is correct but linked article is incorrect. Here is the link to the correct article

http://egovstandards.gov.in/comments-on-mobile-security-guid...

The title is right according to the proposed rules. Indian government doesn't want their people to run programs they would want to on their own device bought with their own money, without getting it signed by Google/Apple.

Either the government is fooled by the word "sideloading" which truly means "freedom to run any code" but madeup in such a way that it means bypassing security of Android and iOS or the government doesn't like the fact that they cannot ban apps directly downloaded from web.

Indian government's rules are always "one step forward, ten steps backward"!
Bright_Machine
·4 jaar geleden·discuss
I thought I was the only crazy person who hated Mac OS.

Finder is the worst file manager I've ever used. Mac's notification UX is a fucking mess. Not to mention users cannot uninstall pre-installed bloatwares.

User account to download from app store? Why the hell should I give an email address and phone number to download apps and SDKs for developement?

Also let's not forget that Mac OS sends hash of the application to mothership each time you start it. Unless it sends the hash and verifies it you cannot open the app. I really doubt if it is my computer.

Excluding system apps from the VPN? No, thanks.