Skimmer

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[–] Skimmer 9 points 11 months ago

It's an entirely new standard, so no, it won't just be a firmware patch.

[–] Skimmer 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Removing the notifications permission doesn't prevent them from being sent. Source

[–] Skimmer 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not sure how it hasn't been said yet, but I really like Helium314's OpenBoard fork. Can't recommend enough.

[–] Skimmer 5 points 11 months ago

This list is a must.

[–] Skimmer 7 points 11 months ago

They're mods of the proprietary Discord client, so yeah they don't meet the criteria. But the mods themselves are open source which is nice.

[–] Skimmer 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I 100% agree, its best to just stick to upstream Fedora imo. Glad you made this comment. The security issues of Nobara always put me off, especially since basically everything it does can just be applied to regular Fedora. I think Nobara would much better serve as a script or toolkit, similar to Brace, or something along those lines instead of an entire separate OS with the security issues it brings.

[–] Skimmer 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Didn't realize they had one, appears a lot of functionality requires an account to use. I'd be cautious overall based on the privacy practices they use in their mobile app, doesn't seem to be a big concern for them and I'd be careful giving them any trust. But if you do wish to use them, their mobile site with a good content blocker would definitely be the best option (preferably without an account if possible).

[–] Skimmer 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

I like the concept of Ground News, but about the privacy...

According to Exodus, their mobile app contains 9 trackers:

  • Amplitude
  • AppsFlyer
  • Facebook Analytics
  • Facebook Login
  • Facebook Share
  • Google Analytics
  • Google Crashlytics
  • Google Firebase Analytics
  • Google Tag Manager

Also wants location, camera, phone state, and advertising ID access?!

No thanks.

[–] Skimmer 14 points 11 months ago

Hard for me to understand how blocking valid email providers like Proton, Tutanota, and Skiff, would actually mitigate any abuse. All it's going to do is hurt the websites with this filter and prevent privacy-minded folks from signing up. Unfortunate to see, hopefully they get some common sense and don't block these for no reason.

[–] Skimmer 2 points 11 months ago

If you don't have it on your Sony TV, I'd recommend installing another launcher like FLauncher which effectively does the same thing and gets rid of the garbage.

[–] Skimmer 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You can easily change launchers on the Shield, unlike the Fire TV for instance, which actively blocks it, to get rid of the advertising and garbage.

[–] Skimmer 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can easily change launchers on the NVIDIA Shield and Chromecasts. Fire TV's are really the only devices that actively prevent changing launchers and try to force you to deal with their advertising.

Personally my recommendation is generally the Shield, or maybe an Apple TV depending on your use case. Expensive but well worth it imo, you really do get what you pay for.

If you need cheaper, then I'd probably go the Chromecast. Lesser of the two evils between like the Fire TV imo.

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