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Titou , in Google's "Manifest V2" Chrome extension phaseout next month is expected to impact the original uBlock Origin extension, which still uses the V2 framework and has 37 million users
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At this point Google just want mozilla to be over them

solrize , in I built the first 100% private, on-device "For You" feed on the fediverse

Do you mean it downloads all the posts whether you read them or not? Is that basically running your own instance?

Aurelius OP ,
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No. Posts are not downloaded and Quiblr is purely a frontend (you can choose which instance you want to use). The algorithm basically crafts the relevant API calls to populate the For You feed with content that matches your usage preferences. Those preferences and metadata are all stored on your device

Emotet ,

Ah, so the "100% private" part is purely the recommendation engine.

Aurelius OP ,
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I see what you mean. To clarify, Quiblr as a platform is also 100% private. It doesn't even use Google Analytics. The only data that I collect is anything submitted via the Feedback form + Umami for analytics .

Guadin , in I built the first 100% private, on-device "For You" feed on the fediverse
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Never heard of Quiblr but I really like the look and feel of. Also great that you added a "For you page". Any chance you can add kbin/mbin instances? Is Quiblr like a frontend which pulls data from other instances or is it an other fediverse piece of software? And are we able to selfhost Quiblr?

Aurelius OP ,
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Quiblr is purely a frontend. It creates a standardized experience across Instances (including the feed personalization). Im not super familiar with Kbin. If it uses the same API as Lemmy then it should work.

Long-term, I'd love to integrate more and more fediverse platforms into Quiblr

Scolding0513 ,

A dedicated webview on fdroid would be cool, for those of us that dont keep cookies and such

MonkderDritte , in How to track what telemetry an Android app sends home

Set up PCAPdroid with MITM.

GolfNovemberUniform , in I built the first 100% private, on-device "For You" feed on the fediverse
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So it's fully local right? That's a really awesome system then. I'd probably recommend encrypting the data but that's not really necessary

Aurelius OP ,
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Yup, 100% completely local to your device alone

GolfNovemberUniform ,
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I don't understand why nobody did it in the past. It makes the experience so much better for normal users. I hope this becomes mainstream. Btw does it have any automatic analytics cache cleaning or something like that (so it doesn't grow 20 gigs of it in a year)? If so, make sure it cleans it periodically and not immediately when a piece of data becomes unneeded. On low end devices frequent write/delete cycles can be an issue

DScratch ,

I can’t go into too much detail, I was working for a recognisable company who was dabbling in the Fediverse with a heavy lean towards empowering the users.

This was high on my list of demands.
Along with fine grain controls for what metrics you opt into and what notifications you receive.

Project got gutted early this year.

GolfNovemberUniform ,
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Hmm that sounded a bit sus to me. I would highly suggest you not to work for unethical companies, mister/miss

Aurelius OP ,
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I appreciate the kind words. And yes, I included a mechanism to constantly refresh and clean up recommendations so that it doesn't use too much memory

SnotFlickerman , in Opinions on adguard
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For a company that exists to block ads, they sure do spend a fuckton on ads.

jmp242 ,

Ehh. That's like accident billboards. I maintain that most people don't know they can block ads, and a large part of the masses who have heard of it think it's complicated or too hard for them.

With ad blocking I have a small tension that if I know a sort of thing exists, I presumably will find it when I search for it. So I don't want another vacuum ad.

If I don't know something exists then I have to stumble on it somehow.

The bigger problem would be if they didn't block their own ads. I honestly didn't even know they did ads so my blocking, of which they're a part, apparently is working.

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  • SnotFlickerman ,
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    I wish I could contribute more, but that's really all I know about them. I hope people with more useful information turn up!

    While true, it doesn't say much one way or another about whether they're trustworthy or not.

    sabreW4K3 , in I built the first 100% private, on-device "For You" feed on the fediverse
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    Is it just a front-end or are there backend changes?

    I like it for the most part. I dislike that you can't find the real URL of anything though

    Aurelius OP ,
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    All front-end.

    And thanks for the feedback. Can you elaborate what you mean by "can't find the real URL of anything"?

    sabreW4K3 ,
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    So I opened the link and was scrolling through the front page and eventually saw a community that I'd never seen before, so I wanted to take a look. I opened it and couldn't see what instance it was hosted on. When I tried to share it to myself, it still wouldn't give me the original instance URL. I found that super frustrating.

    Aurelius OP ,
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    Gotcha. That should be an easy addition. I'll see if I can push an update tonight!

    CarbonatedPastaSauce , in Opinions on adguard

    They sell your data.

    UprisingVoltage ,

    Source?

    SalamanderLevel6581 OP ,

    I have done some researches but couldn't find any evidence that they did that so far.

    possiblylinux127 , in How to track what telemetry an Android app sends home
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    For me I just refuse to use any app to access a service. I can tolerate websites.

    dingdongitsabear , in Delta Chat: Instant Onboarding and Instant Message Delivery

    someone needs to rewrite this, both the post here and the promo copy on the website, it's hella confusing and explains nada.

    dingdongitsabear ,

    OK, so what this purports to do is use your email server as chat platform. kinda intriguing, could have several use cases, don't know what it does with existing email or how the chat looks like in e.g. thunderbird...

    unfortunately, after installing it and being unsuccessful about having it login to my IMAP account (works fine with thunderbird), I've given up.

    so, the "onboarding" is less than stellar and the desktop app is electron, which I hate; haven't tried the android app.

    Imprint9816 , in Raivo wiped all of my TOTP codes

    The app was bought out 9 months ago by some mystery company, isn't actually open source, and you have not switched or made backups? I'm sorry, this is as much a user error as an issue with Raivo.

    transfemessays , in Delta Chat: Instant Onboarding and Instant Message Delivery

    For someone relatively tech illiterate like myself- how does this compare to something like telegram and signal? What's the benefit?

    Scolding0513 ,

    the benefit is that it uses the existing email systems, and doesnt require account or data storage with other services

    Facebones , in Speedster jailed after S’pore police tapped data from in-car system in first case here

    I'm going to laugh if all this connectedness is the thing that makes people start supporting public transit and biking again lmao.

    "Well who wants to fucking drive anymore if you actually get in trouble for breaking the law?!"

    refalo , in Delta Chat: Instant Onboarding and Instant Message Delivery

    Can someone ELI5? I still don't get it after reading the post description and the link.

    electricprism ,

    It's a instant messenger that uses email as the backbone.

    Kind of like how SMS and MMS was bootstrapped to a telephone number.

    Eg: Chat@FirstLast.com

    _______ , in Delta Chat: Instant Onboarding and Instant Message Delivery

    Very nice, a big issue for nooby users was the mess Deltachat created in their regular email inbox.

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