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TheDemonBuer , in The big question touching a nerve this election: "Can my husband find out who I am voting for?"
@TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world avatar

My wife is going to vote for Harris/Walz. She’s told me several times. I think I’m gonna vote for them too.

mipadaitu ,

I used to vote for the Democratic candidate.

I still vote for the Democrats, but I used to too.

Anonymadness ,

I miss Mitch 😫

Trainguyrom ,

My wife wanted to sit out the election when it was Biden running over his unending support of the slaughter in Gaza, and the only thing that got her out to vote was that the were also some ballot measures which needed votes. I wrote on Cenk Uyger for the primary myself, not sure how she voted. Now we’re both super excited to vote for Harris/Walz

Obviously we’ve got fairly similar political views

moon , in The big question touching a nerve this election: "Can my husband find out who I am voting for?"

Uhh I think there’s a much bigger issue then elections there

jordanlund , in Liz Truss leaves stage in Beccles as 'lettuce' banner unfurls
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Note to Liz - never wear lettuce green the rest of your life. You might want to avoid brown tones too.

FuglyDuck ,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

💩

No_Eponym ,
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moon , in Michigan man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor following argument over mulch

relatable, but with computer operating systems

Treczoks , in Liz Truss leaves stage in Beccles as 'lettuce' banner unfurls

Hey, Liz, it is not “supression of free speech” if you just run away from reality with your tail between your legs.

Omgboom , in Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads

Susceptible to malware even

HoustonHenry , in The State Fair of Texas is banning firearms, drawing threats of legal action from Republican AG

I’ve gone to the Texas State Fair when I was a kid back in the late 80’s and 90’s…it’s just a bunch of salesmen and food for the most part these days (kinda was then too, just had more actual activities for kids to participate in)

AmidFuror , in Liz Truss leaves stage in Beccles as 'lettuce' banner unfurls

Sounds like she walked off on her own accord, not due to the recommendations of any security team.

I prefer people who can laugh at themselves in moments like these.

megabat , in Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads

I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone that even the United States FBI recommended using ad blocking extensions to protect yourself online.

www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2022/PSA221221

BobGnarley , (edited )

I always wondered about this and how all the ad blocking apps have complete access to every webpage you visit.

Also to add to this, its made a little weirder considering ad blocking makes you more susceptible to fingerprinting.

Hexbatch ,

Yea, that is what gets me too, when I look at the blockers to use; Ad blockers have access to all keystrokes, forms and pages. They have access to my banking and other codes when I use them .

While I am sure the more popular blockers do not abuse this, and the code most likely checked line by line. It’s still possible for a handful of mistakes to allow supply chain attacks or a dozen other things to happen.

It worries me, so I don’t use them as extension and use security elsewhere

Kethal , in Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads

I used Firefox when it first came out. Google and Mozzila got into a hot race to make the best browser and they both did well. Somehow I ended up using Chrome a lot more even though I thought that by the time the race ended they were pretty even. Both were very fast and had great plugin libraries. Chrome looked nicer out of the box, but Firefox is highly customizable. Since the end of that race, Chrome has gotten worse and Firefox is about the same. I’ve switched back fully to Firefox, and the only thing I miss is the “Piss off publisher frames” plugin, that I haven’t found a replacement for. It’s a nice browser.

fine_sandy_bottom ,

I switched to chrome for several years. Back then I was using Gmail and google docs et cetera. I naively thought Google were the good guys.

At that time the chrome ui was better. As an example, Firefox still had a separate search bar and address bar, although you could search in the address bar if you wished.

More recently I think the “nice ui” thing has tipped back towards Firefox. Chrome seems to have evolved some extra buttons.

Kethal ,

Yeah, it’s ironic that one of Google’s selling points was that Chrome didn’t have a lot of clutter. It’s even where the name comes from. Now it looks messy. It’s no Microsoft product yet, but it’s definitely one of the ways it used to be better.

billiam0202 ,

As an example, Firefox still had a separate search bar and address bar, although you could search in the address bar if you wished.

The advantages of that was you could set the URL bar and search bar to different search engines. I would do a Google search with the URL bar while keeping the search bar set to Wikipedia. Eventually this feature was removed, and then the search bar itself (since there was no reason to search from the URL bar and a dedicated search bar.) It’s a feature I missed for a while, but I got over it.

feannag ,

You know you can set up custom strings to use different searches, right? E.g. typing w: and then your search string to search Wikipedia.

billiam0202 ,

I’m aware there are probably a hundred different ways to do what I want in Firefox, and that 99 of them are probably easier than the way I do them already. Now I just keep a Wiki tab open for when I want to search something.

zueski ,

I have never understood the desire to combine the search and the address fields. I occasional search a url when I forget the rules for what it thinks is keyword. It just seems like a scheme to collect more data by bouncing your intended site to google and increase your reliance on them rather than being a real UI feature.

jay ,
@jay@mbin.zerojay.com avatar

I would be on Firefox myself except that I need Webassembly that functions at a decent speed and It's about 30-100 times slower on Firefox than it is on Chrome and hasn't changed in yeeeeears.

Jimmycakes , in Disney wants wrongful death of LI doctor lawsuit tossed over Disney+ streaming terms

Every article about this is so garbage. I’ve read like 10 different ones and I have no idea what she ate at all. One article said she had a nut and dairy allergy but I’m not even sure that’s correct. I need to know what she ordered how Disney lists it on the menu and what the waiter was supposed to do with the dish. If her allergy is bad enough that she died it would need to be a really heavy dose of allergen which I assume she would be able to see?

warbond ,

It’s in this article: “The couple asked the waiter several more times to be absolutely sure the food would be allergen free before Tangsuan ordered a fritter, scallops and onion rings, the lawsuit said.”

CileTheSane ,
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What does any of that have to do with Disney wanting the case dismissed because they had a trial Disney+ account years ago?

No one is asking you to decide who the guilty party is here. The point is how absurd this attempt to get the case dismissed is.

ShepherdPie ,

That’s the nitty gritty of the lawsuit, but these articles are all about how Disney is trying to get the lawsuit thrown out completely not about the lawsuit itself.

Professorozone ,

Just not true. If the allergy is severe enough even a very small dose is enough.

MediaBiasFactChecker Bot , in The State Fair of Texas is banning firearms, drawing threats of legal action from Republican AG

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echo , in Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads

uBlock Origin Lite, which is Manifest V3 compliant but doesn’t boast the original version’s comprehensive ad-blocking features.

Then what is the purpose/value of it?

Quill7513 ,

Its able to block some ads. However, from a security perspective this basically means google chrome is no longer a web browser that should be used in a professional setting, let alone for your private and personal work

echo ,

I’ll let corporate worry about corporate… I don’t want the ads at home.

Quill7513 ,

100% don’t use it at home. I’m saying if you wouldn’t even use it at work (and you seriously shouldn’t anymore, its a total liability) you for sure shouldn’t use it at home

amorpheus ,

It’s not as comprehensive, but it still blocks ads. Personally, I’ve not noticed a difference. If you are a power user with custom rules and third party lists then your experience will vary.

echo ,

I went ahead and switched to Firefox which I can also use on my phone and now block ads there, too.

madjo , in Liz Truss leaves stage in Beccles as 'lettuce' banner unfurls

I prefer Liv Struss anyway

TransplantedSconie , in Google pulls the plug on uBlock Origin, leaving over 30 million Chrome users susceptible to intrusive ads

Firefox is the bomb.

perviouslyiner ,

It is… revolutionary.

2001aCentenaryofFederation ,

see also: librewolf

parpol ,

If only there was a librewolf mobile…

DaddleDew ,

Fennec is a pace in the right direction for that

dukatos ,

Mull is better…

JetpackJackson ,

Mull is the closest

Mwa ,
@Mwa@thelemmy.club avatar

iceraven is nice to

JetpackJackson ,

Never used it, I thought it was unmaintained but I guess I was wrong

fine_sandy_bottom ,
circuscritic , (edited )

I’m not saying to never use Firefox Android forks, but the reality is that Chromium forks are significantly more secure on Android, such as Mulch (same dev as Mull) and Chromite (Bromite fork).

Again, I am talking security, not privacy, and specifically for Android.

Here is a good write up on the topic from the developer of the Mull and Mulch browsers:

divestos.org/pages/browsers

For desktop there are a lot of good Firefox forks, such as Mullvad’s Browser, Librewolf, & Waterfox. If a website needs Chrome to work, I just use Vivaldi or Ungoogled Chromium.

Edit: I’ve made this point a few times, and always with lots of downvotes, just kind of funny. Especially when I provided a technical write-up from the developer of a security focused distro (DivestOS) as well as two popular security focused Android browsers (Mull and Mulch), but hey, maybe you all know better than he does.

JohnDClay ,

YouTube isn’t playing on Firefox with Ublock for me either. I’ll need to go through and reinstall my extensions, but I couldn’t find the root cause so far, I’d just been using chrome with ublock for YouTube and Firefox for everything else.

parpol ,

Use a redirect plugin to open all YouTube links in invidious.

On android, GrayJay is the best app for not only YouTube but all video and streaming platforms.

JohnDClay ,

But that wouldn’t have comments or updating recommendations, right?

JohnDClay ,

As for grey jay, I haven’t had time to compile it yet. ReVanced is working well for me.

Zier ,
@Zier@fedia.io avatar

Try NewPipe or a fork of that for YouTube on Android.

JohnDClay ,

It doesn’t have recommendations or ability to comment does it? And ReVanced is still working for me on Android.

Mog_fanatic ,

Saaaaame for me on PC. Such a bummer.

Frellwit ,

Make sure jnn-pa.googleapis.com isn’t blocked anywhere in your network. It may perhaps be blocked in a filter list you have activated in uBO, DNS, VPN, Firewall, anti-virus, Firefox enhanced tracking protection, etc.

Sir_Kevin ,
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FreeTube is available for Windows and Android. It has SponsorBlock built in as well.

ogmios ,
@ogmios@sh.itjust.works avatar

Yea, I’m just waiting for the bomb to go off when Mozilla inevitably ends up following Google’s example.

Lemminary ,

Yep, I’m watching intently with the shit they’ve been doing.

sheogorath ,

Thankfully, Firefox is open-source, so we can just use one of the forks, or perhaps Ladybird will be ready for general release by that time.

ngwoo ,

Firefox already adopted manifest V3 but specifically kept the features needed for adblockers

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