Anybody got alternatives to uBlock Origin now that Chrome has banned it? The idea of using a web browser without an ad/scam blocker is out of the question.
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/uBlock%20Origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm
You could try nextdns.io for your dns, it has a pretty effective blocklist setup.
The fixes come after Amnesty alerted Google, following the analysis of a Serbian student protester's phone. Ekk!
If you take 'Don't look up', add a dose of sci-fi, then put it on steroids, you'll end up with 2073. tbh, it's dystopian and disturbing. British made 2024.
Not sure about giving UK Police the power to search homes without a search warrant.
Which focus group dreamt that one up?
#ukpol
I did have huge respect for Greenwald, post Snowden, the Intercept and all, but I thought he seemed to go off the rails after that.
Just a heads up. Your fix worked with Lloyds Bank too. But the app itself doesn't work great, probably because I don't run gapps/playstore bits. Thanks for your efforts on this. :)
I just tapped the heart to like your post, something the ux doesn't permit in amethyst.
Maybe best not use a store. Download directly from the repository.
I'm struggling, can you give an example please?
This proposed bill in Mississippi would make being an undocumented immigrant a life sentence in prison without possibility of parole. Because Mississippi practices unpaid prison labor, it’s the only kind of slavery still allowed under the US constitution, the law would enslave undocumented immigrants for life.
It has no chance of passing, for now. But this shows that some politicians are trying to reinstate slavery.
https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2025/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1484IN.htm
Papers please.
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Bah, you got my hopes up then! No dice. I realise this isn't in you, so no probs.
So why have no contemporaneous videos survived huh? That's the context we need.
Yes, this is a huge opportunity! So many small community volunteer groups use Facebook groups. Very few alternatives to help get them off there.
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This is a pain. Lloyds Bank (UK) app used to work well until a year or so ago when they did similar. :(
Are you aware of any info, anywhere, on which banking apps are happy to run on custom firmware?
So, you can no longer download TicTok from app stores if you live in the USA, Afghanistan, China, or India. Freedom!
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Fairphone 4 used publicly available private keys for signing the firmware and OS. Lack of working verified boot and attestation is far from the most serious security drawback but helpful for understanding how little goes into securing most Android devices.
Lots of people regularly ask them to implement the security requirements we list so GrapheneOS could support it and they explicitly said they don't even plan to add a basic secure element for working encryption for most users.
I'm pretty sure that I could relock the bootloader on my FP3 with LineageOS.
Please don't chastise me for saying that. ;) I have seen the light now! :)
With all the BS of Apple doing their AI spying (amongst other issues), it's that time of year where I once again look for a "third party" phone to migrate to as a daily driver.
I've followed lots of Linux phones (running Ubuntu Touch, KDE Plasma Mobile, postmarketOS and others), feature phones running KaiOS, and others.
Heck I was even building my own phone on an RPi years ago (https://web.archive.org/web/20210725154717/https://www.tinker.sh/kde-plamo-rpi/ ) and have been following the PinePhone project for a very long time.
My current research is pointing towards a Fairphone 4 running e/OS (degooglefied android). I live in the US, so this is as close to the Fairphone as I can get currently: https://murena.com/america/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-4/
Really I just need a phone that runs Signal and can run some sort of GPS app. Everything else I can do via a web browser.
I hate Apple/iOS phones. The only thing I hate more than Apple phones are Google/Android phones.
#phone #android #ios #apple #google #fairphone #privacy #linuxphones
I ran a FP4 with vanilla LineageOS. Rock solid. However I have now upgraded to a Pixel 8a with nostr:npub1235tem4hfn34edqh8hxfja9amty73998f0eagnuu4zm423s9e8ksdg0ht5. It is also rock solid, but much better generally in terms of security.
My only gripe is that the hardware profits Google who I detest. I purchased the phone secondhand to mitigate that.
Bit of storm in a teacup wasn't it? A nieve post, for sure, but honest I think.