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"What Is Your Dream for Mozilla" - Mozilla is doing a survey, and it could be a good opportunity to share some of the feedback that usually gets commented here :)

Stop paying the CEO so much!

Firefox could by now have:

  • Much better anti-fingerprinting for a generalized threat model (RFP is too specialized for anonymity)
  • Fission (per-site process isolation) for Android, among other things.
  • Integrated content blocking (based on uBlock but with the development power of Mozilla)
  • Tab groups ffs
  • Native force dark mode for web pages
  • Sandboxing support using zypak fork server for Flatpak (currently Flatpak weakens Firefox isolation substantially)
  • UI/UX update (hire the talent at Zen browser)
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Whether it be Snapchat or Canonical snap, fuck em' both.

Fuck the gov snap program for not being enough assistance (thanks Reagan and associates) and forcing people to stay very poor to receive much needed assistance. Manipulative is the word that comes to mind.

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Truly independent web browser

Is this browser private? Does it implement proper sandboxing and have any methods of anti-fingerprinting? I hope it eventually see the implementation of a robust content blocker. What makes this related to privacy and not instead just open source. While it is nice to see an independent web engine, if there is no method of anti-fingerprinting, the privacy of this browser is severely limited.

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Kool aid rule

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If you aren't from the USA, don't try to punch a hole in the wall. If you punch drywall, avoid the stud boards. Easy way to break your hand.

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What Manifest V3 means for Brave Shields and the use of extensions in the Brave browser

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CEO is a homophobic shithead. Even if "politics" have nothing to do with the quality of software (I dont think donating to legislatures to block gay marriage is a case of "having a different political opinion"), people who care that much about how other people live their lives should NOT be trusted for a privacy respecting browser. The browser is decent, but it is stained by his presense, contributes to the chromium monoculture, and is filled with crypto bullshit.

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Inside the deadly instant loan app scam that blackmails with nudes

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I can ruin your reputation or be used in conjuction with other social engineering techniques to eicit fear. It is also very intimate and personal, and shows a private side of your person that may not be intended for others. Examples of threats could be sending them to in-laws, emoyeers, your whole office, the school were your kids attend. Even without any really intention of distributing it, the threat is enough.

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drive thru sighting rule

FYI, if your goal is to censors out identifiers, using a semi-transparent marker will allow for reversal using specialized image recovery tools. Its not hard to do. Not likely that someone will take the effort (even though it is easy), but also not hard to avoid by using a opaque color. Have a good day on the internet fellow human.

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Use desktop to self-host?

It'll effect performance. It will need to be always on. It risks having interaction between your normal applications and server services. Also all your eggs in one basket if something goes wrong. That said it shoul be fine. Just take frequent snapshots and backups for important data