This is the kind of thing that should be banned. It is time to realize that indiscriminate data collection and profiling is harming our society.
techcrunch.com/2025/04/24/perp…

#Vivaldi #Browser #Spyware #surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #AI #Windows #Macos #Linux

Perplexity CEO says its browser will track everything users do online to sell 'hyper personalized' ads | TechCrunch

Perplexity is building its own browser is to collect data on everything users do outside of its own app to sell ads.

^{Julie Bort (TechCrunch)}

Frage für einen Freund:

Neu installiertes #Win11 mit @thunderbird@mastodon.online , Edge und G-Chrome als #Browser:

Ein Web-Link in einer E-Mail im Thunderbird lässt sich genau einmal mit Klick darauf im Browser öffnen. Danach nicht mehr, keine Fehlermeldung, keine geöffnete Webseite in einem aktiven Browser. Erst nach einem Neustart des Laptops geht es wieder einmal.

Hat jemand einen Tipp, wie man den #Fehler herausfinden könnte?

Ich habe schon lange kein Win mehr im Hause und bin engeschränkt in der Fehlersuche...
#FollowerPower

I’m testing out Brave as my default mobile browser.

Just the fact that it automatically hides cookie banners and ads is a huge win for usability!

#brave #browser

To nemyslíte vážně!

Někdo tip na mobilní #browser, kterej bude #opensource bez bullshitu?

#Firefox #AD

There will be a lot of necessary debate over Mozilla’s original mistake and this hopeful change. This is a good move, and as a long-term user of Firefox I find it very welcome.

Organizations are made of people and make mistakes.

Can you imagine Google or Apple so quickly changing their stances like this in response to user input? Or even at all?

Brave has many integrations with third party vendors. How quickly would they sever financial ties in a similar situation?

DuckDuckGo has a lot of gaps in their privacy models.

We need more open browsers developed by communities for the public good, not unlike Firefox.

techcrunch.com/2025/03/03/mozi…

#firefox #browser

Mozilla rewrites Firefox's Terms of Use after user backlash | TechCrunch

Critics said the new terms implied Mozilla was asking users for the rights to whatever data they input or upload through Firefox.

^{Sarah Perez (TechCrunch)}

I used to be a big fan of the #Opera #browser. And what I see happening now with #Firefox is very similar to what happened with Opera.

Opera Software ASA acquired AdMarvel, a mobile advertising company, in 2010. Advertising became the primary business, and the browser was sidelined, dropped its own engine, and was eventually sold to Chinese investors, who completed the enshittification. The spirit around the original Opera was reborn with #Vivaldi, but the engine was lost.

#Mozilla acquired Anonym, an advertising company, in 2024 and started making really worrying decisions about Firefox...

I just hope it doesn't go the same way, for the sake of the Web.

Happy I Love Free Software Day! 💕

Unfortunately, this year I could not join nor organize any in-person celebration, BUT of course I want to share my gratitude to the many, countless #FreeSoftware services I don’t merely use, but actually depend on.

Last year, I decided to focus only on #YunoHost, because it would have been crazy to list all the projects I use and I love.

This time, even if I will most certainly forget someone, I am challenging myself to mention all the #LibreSoftware my life is powered by.

Without further ado, THANK YOU to:

• @yunohost, for powering Nebuchadnezzar
• @fedora, for running my beloved #Framework laptop
• @frameworkcomputer, for designing and building repairable, #Linux-friendly and truly open hardware
• @gnome and @GTK, for being just gorgeous
• @calyxos (thus @LineageOS), for powering my #Fairphone5
• #Obtainium, for making me directly download apps on my phone, and @fdroidorg for distributing them
• #AuroraStore, for proxying the download of apps I am doomed to get from Google Play
• @element, for developing #Synapse, even though the new proprietary Synapse Pro is VERY PROBLEMATIC AND DISAPPOINTING
• #Fractal, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Matrix client ever
• @signalapp, for keeping me connected with the people I love
• @Mastodon, for also maintaining a feature-packed experimental fork (#GlitchSoc), that is what Pan runs
• #Tuba and #Moshidon, for being the most beautiful and awesome #Mastodon clients ever
• #Firefox, for still remaining the best possible #browser choice, despite #Mozilla’s governance messiness
• @openstreetmap, for allowing us to find the right path, both literally and metaphorically!
• @organicmaps, for being the simplest, cleanest, yet feature-rich #OSM client and navigation app
• @protonvpn, for making me browse safely from/to anywhere in the planet and @protonprivacy #ProtonMail, for hosting my email, despite the latest alarming political statements…
• @libreoffice, for allowing me to draft documents with ease, the last of which was my #CV
• #LanguageTool, for preventing me from making embarassing spelling mistakes
• @photoprism, for safely storing and indexing all my photographic memories, on Aby, and for providing stellar and friendly support too!
• #Actual, for moderating the very likely risk of ending up completely broke, since it forces me to manage my finances consciously and coherently
• @readeck, for storing and sorting ALL my varied and overwhelming inputs
• @nextcloud, for storing and synchronizing my data, for its #calendar, its #tasks, and all its awesome apps
• #Rustdesk, for preventing my friends and family members from going crazy, by allowing me to remotely connect to their devices and directly address the issues they have
• #Listmonk, for sending out my newsletter
• @eleventy, for powering all the websites I maintain, above all the virtual representation of my mind, and for being the only reason why I resist and try to continue learning #JavaScript
• @forgejo, for giving us a chance to truly control and collectively develop the sources of our software, but most importantly @Codeberg, for RESISTING, RESISTING, RESISTING, despite the hatred and attacks nazi assholes throw at them
• @musicbrainz for keeping music knowledge open and free, and @ListenBrainz for scrobbling the crazy music I listen to
• The @fsfe, for promoting this celebration and fighting the good fight!

Lastly, but most importantly, the biggest thank you goes to all the free software libraries and dependencies the above mentioned #software are made of/built with, including #C, #JavaScript, #Python, #Rust, and all community-maintained programming languages.

I am super sorry if I forgot someone!

#OpenSource #ILoveFS #SoftwareFreedom #Fairphone #Android #LineageOS #FSFE #OpenStreetMap #PhotoPrism #LibreOffice #Readeck #Eleventy #11ty #GNOME #Signal #forgejo #Codeberg #MusicBrainz #ListenBrainz #MetaBrainz

Nebuchadnezzar

Information and insights concerning the configuration and maintenance of Tommi’s server.

^{Tommi (Tommi’s mind)}

This RAM consumption test between Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera browsers demonstrates which one consumes the least memory. Spoiler alert: Firefox won by a mile.

#firefox #chrome #edge #opera #browser #ram
slashgear.com/1753454/what-web…

We Tested 4 Browsers, And This One Used The Least Amount Of RAM

Common knowledge holds that Google Chrome will chew up your computer's RAM and spit it out, but is that true? We put four popular browsers to the test.

^{Samyak Goswami (SlashGear)}

Safari’s Private Mode doesn’t mean you are anonymous 🫣 Here’s how you can turn off Apple’s Private Browsing 👉 tuta.com/blog/turn-off-private…

A better solution? Start using a private browser 👉 tuta.com/blog/best-private-bro…

#Privatemode #Privatebrowsing #Apple #ios #Browser #Anonymous

Reason (checks notes) hojillion-forty-seven to use @Vivaldi as your #browser of choice. Don't like the way your right-click menu looks/feels? Change it. I got tired of scrolling to get to the Dev Tools, so I bumped them to the top and liberated "Inspect," which I want 95% of the time anyway. While there, I got rid of everything I don't want or need, eliminating the scroll entirely.

As a #product professional, I adore this level of attention to detail. Well done, folks.

Google drops it's plan of disabling 3rd-party tracking cookies by default in Chrome. 🍪

Looking for a Chrome alternative? Check out our recommendations.
👉 tuta.com/blog/best-private-bro…
#browser #email #privacy #encryption #foss #cookies

🦋 If you struggle with ADHD or have your focus constantly ruined by a whirlwind of thoughts, then you probably use productivity tools that can help crush those distractions and give you some peace of mind.

Find out how you can say goodbye to those scattered thoughts by customizing the Vivaldi browser to work for your needs and preferences 👇🏻

vivaldi.com/blog/kill-distract…

#adhd #Productivity #tech #Technology #browser #vivaldi #tips #hacks

Firefox: Weshalb man LibreWolf und andere Forks bevorzugen sollte. 👇

kuketz-blog.de/firefox-datensc…

#firefox #mozilla #librewolf #fennec #mull #browser #datenschutz #privacy #android #audit #dsgvo #tdddg

Firefox: Datenschutzverstoß bei der Android-Version

Auf der Seite »Firefox Browser-Funktionen« wird Firefox von Mozilla wie folgt beworben: Ist Firefox ein privater Browser? Wir stellen dein…

^{www.kuketz-blog.de}

Ok wtf. So you're telling me that #Google #Chrome's #V8 #JavaScript engine was more #insecure than #Mozilla's #Spidermonkey after all these years? Because I'm pretty sure SM has been already doing plenty of the things mentioned in this article (I've touched on SM code plenty of times, so much more than I wanted because I worked on separating Spidermonkey from the monolithic #libxul, it's still hurting my brain...), even before the #Quantum rewrite. So even #PaleMoon which has been commonly trashed for being "old and insecure" is apparently more secure than Chrome, but most crucially it also disproves the long-standing blind belief by security freaks out there that Chrome is "more secure" than #Firefox when it's the other way around on many fronts...

thehackernews.com/2024/04/goog…

#web #webbrowser #browser #browsers #openweb

Google Chrome Adds V8 Sandbox - A New Defense Against Browser Attacks

Google tackles Chrome security with new V8 Sandbox. This aims to stop memory issues from spreading, protecting your browser experience.

^{The Hacker News}

By popular demand, we made Vivaldi available on #FlatHub. Are you using #Flatpak? Have you downloaded @Vivaldi yet? Did you tell your friends?😀

#Linux #Desktop #Download #browser

flathub.org/apps/com.vivaldi.V…

Vivaldi | Flathub

A powerful, personal, and private web browser

^{Flathub - Apps for Linux}

Remember that you can use the "Advanced Web Interface", accessible from your Mastodon account settings, for a TweetDeck-like interface on desktop!

This makes it way easier to see stuff at a glance. If it isn't your thing though, you don't need to use it.

Also note that you can adjust which columns are pinned, so if your local and federated timelines move too quickly, you can just unpin them to only see Home and Notifs, or only open them up manually when you want to see them!

Boost this so people can be made aware!

#Mastodon #TweetDeck #PC #Desktop #Browser

Mozilla: "In a well-intentioned yet dangerous move to fight online fraud, France is on the verge of forcing browsers to create a dystopian technical capability. It would force browser providers to create the means to mandatorily block websites present on a government provided list. Such a move will overturn decades of established content moderation norms and provide a playbook for authoritarian governments"

blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/202…
#france #browser #cybersecurity #mozilla #security #surveillance

France’s browser-based website blocking proposal will set a disastrous precedent for the open internet - Open Policy & Advocacy

Article 3 (para II and III) of the SREN Bill would force providers to create the means to mandatorily block websites on a government provided list encoded into the browser.

^{Udbhav Tiwari (Open Policy & Advocacy)}

The full screen option in Privacy Browser are amazing!

#privacybrowser #browser @privacybrowser

So, my first #vivaldi
#web #browser poll has ended. the results are here: mastodon.social/@Unatributed/1…

Unfortunately not a lot of respondents, but the ~60/40 split was enough to get me to install vivaldi.

Unfortuantely I won't be sticking with it. Why? My main reason for installing it was the new mail client, which reminded me of the old #Mozilla and #opera browsers. Alas, the mail client doesn't work the way I need it to, and there are lots of forum posts about problems with it...

Unattributed (@Unatributed@mastodon.social)

Curiosity: Do you use the #vivaldi #browser? Or are you using something else? (Should a I do a multiple choice browser survey?) Please boost so I can get some good data. [ ] Yes [ ] No

^Mastodon

What would Firefox be if it was private by default?

It would be LibreWolf.

librewolf.net/

#web #browser #privacy #mozilla

LibreWolf Browser

An independent fork of Firefox, with the primary goals of privacy, security and user freedom.

^{librewolf.net}

“Brave”

nyaaa.jeder.pl/notes/910rpdho1…

HT @FediThing

#brave #browser

Jeder :woozy_baa: (@jeder)

@rysiek@mastodon.technology https://nitter.snopyta.org/sebmck/status/1531740563900448769 RE: @jeder@nyaaa.jeder.pl link? RE: ...

^{Lipinki Łużyckie, Łączna 43}

MoeNavigator development can continue after I finally found the source of the memory leaks in the browser engine. They were caused by an abstract class that didn't have a virtual destructor, causing undefined behavior. With that big problem out of the way, version 0.0.1 of the engine may soon be released, followed by version 0.1 of MoeNavigator. There are only a few tasks left before the release:

codeberg.org/moenavigator/moen…

#MoeNavigator #Browser #WebBrowser #FLOSS #Software #Development

moenavigator

MoeNavigator is an attempt to write a web browser that is highly configurable, secure, anonymous and fast.

^Codeberg.org

Linux life hack: say you have a page open in Firefox on your Linux machine and you want to view it on your phone (and you don’t have some fancy integration between the two)…

Instead of typing in the URL, get the FxQRL extension that shows you a QR code of the current tab’s URL and aim your phone’s camera at it.

Boom! :)

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firef…

#linux #lifeHack #firefox #extension #web #QRcode #mobile #browser