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Spying Browsers?
- Buck Fankers
- Posts: 744
- Joined: Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:06 pm
Re: Spying Browsers?
Never mind. Works after restart. :-)
(you would think i would've learn by now, computers generally likes to be restarted)
(you would think i would've learn by now, computers generally likes to be restarted)
Re: Spying Browsers?
Maybe you missed this step?
Glad it's working for you now either way.
The reason you were having trouble with the command is because if should have had "echo" in it like so.
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service procps restart
The reason you were having trouble with the command is because if should have had "echo" in it like so.
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sudo echo kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1 > /etc/sysctl.d/00-local-userns.conf
- Buck Fankers
- Posts: 744
- Joined: Sat Mar 10, 2018 9:06 pm
Re: Spying Browsers?
Thanks for explanation!v3g4n wrote: ↑Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:43 am Maybe you missed this step?Glad it's working for you now either way.Code: Select all
service procps restart
The reason you were having trouble with the command is because if should have had "echo" in it like so.Code: Select all
sudo echo kernel.unprivileged_userns_clone=1 > /etc/sysctl.d/00-local-userns.conf
Re: Spying Browsers?
Re: the popularity of Iridium-browser. According to it's website, Calling home to Google still happens.
https://iridiumbrowser.de/
Look under Privacy (Padlock) item.
Someday, Google is going to use the call home feature and disable your browser. That's what they did to the 32 bit installs of Chrome last year.
ADDED: Lately I've been experimenting with NetSurf, using version 3.8 under Gentoo. So far, I'm liking what I'm seeing.
https://iridiumbrowser.de/
Look under Privacy (Padlock) item.
Someday, Google is going to use the call home feature and disable your browser. That's what they did to the 32 bit installs of Chrome last year.
ADDED: Lately I've been experimenting with NetSurf, using version 3.8 under Gentoo. So far, I'm liking what I'm seeing.
Last edited by figueroa on Fri Feb 15, 2019 11:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Spying Browsers?
I've personally moved to Brave for my Chromium/Google based browsers since I believe there will be a bigger user base watching the privacy concernes compared to little projects such as Iridium.
While thats said, I don't think anything can compare to Firefox's configurability and privacy settings. It's no wonder that Tails and Tor Browser use Firefox as it's base browser.
While thats said, I don't think anything can compare to Firefox's configurability and privacy settings. It's no wonder that Tails and Tor Browser use Firefox as it's base browser.
Re: Spying Browsers?
@philotux, thanks for the links. Ugly stuff!
1_MSI: MAG B560 TORP', i5, RAM 16GB, GTX 1070 Ti 12GB, M2 238GB + USB, MX-23 Fb to Openbox
2_Lenovo: Ideapad 520S, i5, RAM 8GB, GPU i620, HDD 1TB, MX-21 - Openbox
3_Clevo: P150SM-A, i7, RAM 16GB, nVidia 8600, 2x 1TB HDD & M.2 256 GB, MX-21 - Openbox
2_Lenovo: Ideapad 520S, i5, RAM 8GB, GPU i620, HDD 1TB, MX-21 - Openbox
3_Clevo: P150SM-A, i7, RAM 16GB, nVidia 8600, 2x 1TB HDD & M.2 256 GB, MX-21 - Openbox
Re: Spying Browsers?
There are a couple of FF plugins available to help with the serviceworker(s) see: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... src=search
Pax vobiscum,
Mark Rabideau - ManyRoads Genealogy -or- eirenicon llc. (geeky stuff)
i3wm, bspwm, hlwm, dwm, spectrwm ~ Linux #449130
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken
Mark Rabideau - ManyRoads Genealogy -or- eirenicon llc. (geeky stuff)
i3wm, bspwm, hlwm, dwm, spectrwm ~ Linux #449130
"For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong." -- H. L. Mencken
- Captain Brillo
- Posts: 106
- Joined: Mon Jan 07, 2019 12:29 am
Re: Spying Browsers?
Using the posts here, I got Iridium up and running.
Seems pretty fast... for now.
Now my ignorance is showing:
So what does it mean,
Seems pretty fast... for now.
Now my ignorance is showing:
So what does it mean,
Exactly that? Is that a security hole? Are any Chromium browsers safe from it if it is?Someday, Google is going to use the call home feature and disable your browser.
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