I like Techlore (https://www.techlore.tech if you don't know) and I usually regard them as one of the most impartial and most trustworthy Youtubers out there. But for the past few months, I couldn't help noticing their somewhat heavy bias towards some of their video sponsors. Still, everybody has to eat right? ...
I lost interest in them after they had their beef with GrapheneOS and stopped recommending them. I get it, they hate the old lead dev cause he was a jerk but how are you going to spread the word of privacy and not recommend the most superior OS in privacy and security? If you truly want to help people achieve the best results with their privacy and security then you should be unbiased with your recommendations. They are doing the privacy space and all the new people looking for advice a disservice because they hold a grudge. Now they're taking free trips to review products? Sounds like they're using their subscription count to spread their own agenda.
I'm curious to know what Proton VPN's ad blocker offers, but I don't see any videos or articles showing how it works. So I am addressing VPN users, because there is no free trial unfortunately to try it: ...
From my experience Netshield is better than nothing but not better than uBO, I use the two in combination with each other. This helps not only because they can compliment each other but Netshield also blocks ads device wide where uBO is only within FF. It also helps encrypt your DNS queries within the VPN tunnel if that's something your threat model calls for.
My only complaints are the block lists Proton uses aren't known to anyone so who knows what they use. You also can't see what is and what isn't being blocked and last time I checked the protonmail app connects to google firebase, so would ProtonVPNs Netshield block that if Protonmail uses it? I'm not sure. If you want something where you can manual select blocklists and see the queries being made use NextDNS.
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I noticed that "incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org" is blocked by NextDNS when using Firefox with Arkenfox installed every time I start up the browser. Even though it's being blocked at the DNS level I thought Arkenfox removed all telemetry?
7 Things You Should Know Before Switching to GrapheneOS ( www.howtogeek.com )
7 Things You Should Know Before Switching to GrapheneOS
7 Things You Should Know Before Switching to GrapheneOS
7 Things You Should Know Before Switching to GrapheneOS ( www.howtogeek.com )
Judge rules that Google ‘is a monopolist’ in US antitrust case ( www.theverge.com )
Introducing Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin ( proton.me )
Has Techlore sold out?
I like Techlore (https://www.techlore.tech if you don't know) and I usually regard them as one of the most impartial and most trustworthy Youtubers out there. But for the past few months, I couldn't help noticing their somewhat heavy bias towards some of their video sponsors. Still, everybody has to eat right? ...
Proton VPN NetShield
I'm curious to know what Proton VPN's ad blocker offers, but I don't see any videos or articles showing how it works. So I am addressing VPN users, because there is no free trial unfortunately to try it: ...
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Firefox-Android Fork Fennec & Mull 125 release stalled due to compilation errors ( bugzilla.mozilla.org )
DivestOS fdroid repo was behind release (normally they release the next day) and was curious what had happened. Then I found this. ...
YouTube’s ad blocker crackdown now includes third-party apps ( www.theverge.com )
Sounds like trouble for Newpipe, Sponsorblock, etc...
Telemetry with Arkenfox?
I noticed that "incoming.telemetry.mozilla.org" is blocked by NextDNS when using Firefox with Arkenfox installed every time I start up the browser. Even though it's being blocked at the DNS level I thought Arkenfox removed all telemetry?