Not only to be safer, not only to block the ads because nobody wants it. Not only because you download 250mb of data and not even 1mb of data is what you really want or need.
It is our obligation to block ads. Never ever ever open a browser without uBlock Origin or some other protection to at least block the ads.
That will not end the tracking and privacy nightmare sites are, but it is a small step to it.
Read more on the blog, there is a shutdown Meta blog post also.
"go use fedora. go use debian. go use arch. go use literally anything else. anything. because at least with those systems, you own your computer. with YOLO Linux, the corporation owns you.". I do hope people will read this and do it.
YOLO is not Linux. It looks like Windows. You "own" a computer that is not yours.
YOLO is also like Android, you paid the hardware but the software owns you.
YOLO makes even Hanna Montana Linux look amazing!
If you have an FB account, they already know all about you. Done.
If you don't have a FB account, they still know everything about you. They pay "smartphone" makers to have pre-installed their 4 apps. The app and 3 more hidden services. Since they scan and listen to everyone, someone on your family will have a "phone" that they will upload a pic or listen to voice, so you cannot have privacy.
If you don't have a FB account, the pixel fixes some of that. They will know you visit that page and relate this info with all other info. There is always that "smart" guy or gal that takes pictures and uploads it in their "cloud" or sends over Whatsup and they will "AI" those files and save it forever.
This is not even a secret. Everybody know this. If you look on the web for the "pixel" you will learn more.
But it is impossible to escape. All you can do is to minimize some of that illegal collection of data. Evenn Raynair has the pixel on their checkout page. So try to find out how many pages use their pixel...
I never used spotify and will never use but let me just congrat you for your site that uses no crap of google or ads.
It is that rare to see this. HN is another decent on, but 99% of web sites are a privacy and malware nightmare.
> Being an electron app it has the huge privacy problem as it touches Googles servers when it starts, so Google knows what you are doing.
There is a rumor that Electron calls to redirect.gvt1.com (a google site) means that Google somehow spies on you. But all available information indicates that redirect.gvt1.com is a site responsible for providing downloads(spellchecker data for example), not uploads.
If you have information to the contrary, please provide.
I don't know what info they send or download. All electron apps connect to that site. That simple fact is an abuse. You open an electron app, it connects.
But since Google already knows everything about everyone, maybe this is a small issue.
It is not even compared to Microsoft "smartscreen" and Apple "something" I don't know the name.
So this should never happen. Even apps that soon it run try to find if there are any update, are abusive. First, ask me if I want to check for updates or those amazing "spellchecker" downloads.
There is no simple fix, unless getting electron code and compile it, but I've seen somewhere there was a patch to put another url, so maybe that can be tricked to not go online.
I think they dropped multi server managment because it was possible to add a few servers but I guess they drop that one out. You do can logon into a server right on the logon page. That is nice.
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