aura

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i just bought a steam deck lcd, and now there's an oled model? wtf valve. (sh.itjust.works)
 

hurts.. but if i were to upgrade, i doubt it's worth it. a bigger oled screen? nah. slightly better performance? no. it's probably not worth it.

What chromium based browser do you recommend and why? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[–] aura@sh.itjust.works 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

none. chromium is a google (-endorsed) product, who put their own little tracking tidbits into the chromium project. if you still want to use a chromium-based browser, i have two 'suggestions':

  • brave. renowned in the privacy community but has had a few suspicious moments, and honestly i just don't trust their whole big-tech thing they got going on.
  • ungoogled-chromium. basically just the chromium browser but without the google shit in it. no extra privacy-advancing features as far as i'm aware though, and extensions don't seem to work.

now if you really want a good browser, go for either of the following firefox-like browsers:

  • firefox with arkenfox user.js. firefox as you know and love it, with the arkenfox privacy tinkering. i haven't tested it and its apparently a bit difficult to install and configure, but i've heard its really helpful with privacy.
  • librewolf. a privacy-first firefox fork developed by an independent developer and contributors, no big-tech bullshit. my personal daily driver.

anyway, sorry for the rant, but there u go.

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Signal requiring phone number, thoughts on anonymity? (sh.itjust.works)
 

signal requires a phone number to sign up. a phone number could be used to trace your signal account back to you. so why do people, especially privacy enthusiasts and experts (like edward snowden), still use it and endorse it when it lacks anonymity in that sense? i get that people could use a voip number or something to sign up, but still.