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I just switched to LibreWolf (desktop) and IronFox (Android) as a result of this news yesterday and today. LibreWolf has no Android version and IronFox has no desktop version, so they complement each other quite well. It's pretty much been a drop-in replacement, with the only real friction being configuring my settings all over again. IronFox is quite new, being forked off from the discontinued Mull browser, which was previously the go-to privacy-conscious version of Firefox. There was a discussion among LibreWolf contributors about forking Mull and maintaining it themselves, but IronFox ultimately filled that gap instead.

Both LibreWolf and IronFox err on the side of caution as far as privacy and security. The defaults are very strict, e.g. LibreWolf deletes all cookies and history on exit by default, IronFox disables the JavaScript JIT compiler--in English, a potentially exploitable way to make browser go fast, etc. It's somewhat counter-intuitive to switch to a privacy-focussed browser then go through rolling back privacy features, but I've reached a happy medium that suits my needs. The IronFox readme (at the link above) has a section Issues inherited from Mull that still apply to IronFox which I recommend checking out as it lists off a few about:config settings you can change to trade functionality for security/privacy as much as you are comfortable with doing so.

On that note, I believe Firefox Sync to be minimally concerning from a security perspective. It's end-to-end encrypted, so Mozilla can't see what you have in Sync to sell it even if they wanted to. If you are worried, Firefox Sync can also be self-hosted. Both LibreWolf and IronFox will happily sign in to Firefox Sync (option must be enabled in LibreWolf settings first; on IronFox it's already available), which will provide you access to your synced extensions, history, passwords, etc. You can also share tabs between LibreWolf for desktop and IronFox for Android, just as you would with mainline Firefox on each. Pretty good time.

No, that's German for "The virgin, the."

That makes sense, the most prominent instance and upstream project dropping off probably shook a lot of confidence at a time when a lot of people were looking for a reliable Reddit substitute. I wonder where they mostly went, between Lemmy and back to Reddit. Personally, I went from kbin.social to fedia.io, but clearly I'm not representative.

Wow. I knew Lemmy far outweighed other software on the threadiverse side, but that's actually pretty comical. *waves to the other weirdos*

All of this sucks, but I'm going to specifically complain that the first edit just makes no sense. The old terms say "Super free, actually" and then explain how super free is different from free. The edited version just defines super free the same way every normal human defines free: "You don't pay anything to use it." What's super about using words for their intended meaning?

What a cool service, thanks for sharing. You can also check the Exodus database via web if you can't or don't want to install the native Android app.

It strikes me that if you're trying to be a stooge for a foreign government, you probably shouldn't tell your superiors about it..

If the first really bad experiences you had on the Internet were disagreements about the ways English is used around the world, then congratulations might be in order.

Donkey Kong 64 has a widescreen toggle in the options which I don't think you're using. This looks like 4:3 stretched to 16:9, you'll have a better time with real widescreen.

Rare were pretty good about this, after the first few games (Blast Corps, Diddy Kong Racing, Banjo-Kazooie?) they started putting widescreen support in most of their N64 releases.

What makes you think they haven't?

Shrug, it's entirely possible that they have. But if they're not providing encryption any more, then they're definitely not backdooring the encryption that they're not providing to the people they're not providing it to. Either way, the result is the same: in the UK especially, iCloud is not a safe place to store your sensitive information, so privacy-conscious users need to look elsewhere.

We don't care if you work for apple marketing. This is the internet, you could be Tim Apple himself, who knows, we can't verify neither. But It sure feels deflecting first like this is used a lot on negative news about big tech, like a PR company is at work.

I didn't even know marketing was on the table. All I meant was that I'm not an Apple user or fan, but as long as we're being candid about what things we don't care about, I don't give a fuck about your conspiracy theories. Don't worry, the boss says it's OK to swear.

Not an Applehead, but they took the best option here. UK law would otherwise compel them to secretly backdoor their own service. It's better that they drop the feature than utterly compromise it.

Now, privacy-conscious users can seek out an alternative (e.g. self-host or find a provider not subject to UK law) instead of having a false sense of security while the government rifles through their data.

And specifically, a reference to It's the Sun Wot Won It, a headline in the Murdoch press, not-good-enough-to-be-toilet-paper tabloid rag The Sun, crowing that they had enough influence in the 1992 general election to secure a win for the Conservatives.