@winterschon
I am continuing the thread from your contribution because indeed people may like to explore in-app containment.
Back to app side-loading…
@winterschon
I am continuing the thread from your contribution because indeed people may like to explore in-app containment.
Back to app side-loading…
• unmigrated accounts on legacy browser—such as #Safari
• pro liaison on a browser approved by your organization
• consuming, online streaming, on the all-purpose browser: #Firefox (then Settings > Privacy)
• social media on a speedy browser—such as #unGoogled (but you must update)
• online banking, health, sysadmin & sensitive stuff on a hardened browser—such as #LibreWolf or #Mullvad's browser
#privacy #browsers #compartmentalisation #compartmentalization #safety #security #diversity #infoSec
"As a result of the DMA the tech giant allows to install other browsers as defaults. Apple ensured that these browsers can no longer use WebKit because it would make them faster than Safari. To this end, the tech giant blocked the WebKit API in iOS 17.4."
https://www.techzine.eu/news/privacy-compliance/116980/apples-changes-to-comply-with-the-dma-opens-new-european-antitrust-investigation/
#Apple #iPhone #DMA #WebKit #Web #rendering #FrontEnd #WebDev #PWA #Sideloading #AppleStore #browsers #monopoly #EU #Europe #privacy #security #Safari #iOS #iOS174 #competition #AntiCompetitive
I propose an assessment of the situation before #Safari drops (deadline 6 March).
Which #browsers do you use across all your devices?
Mozilla argues that browser choice only in the EU will make it more difficult for vendors to juggle different versions. “Apple’s proposals fail to give consumers viable choices by making it as painful as possible for others to provide competitive alternatives to Safari. This is another example of Apple creating barriers to prevent true browser #competition on #iOS.”
#Apple #iPhone #DMA #WebKit #FrontEnd #WebDev #PWA #AppleStore #browsers #EU #privacy #Safari #iOS174
Today, Apple released iOS and iPadOS 17.4, the fourth major updates to the operating systems that launched in September and Federico reviewed on MacStories. iOS 17.4 is a significant release, bringing major platform changes to iOS in Europe as part of Apple’s response to the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), as well as a handful
Which browsers do you use?
• Multiple choice to account for various usage and any device (pro & perso)
• You may boost to enlarge the sample
#browsers #poll #browserPoll #compartmentalization #compartments #Safari #SafariBrowser #Firefox #Librewolf #Chrome #Vivaldi #VivaldiBrowser #Edge #EdgeBrowser #ungoogledChromium #ungoogled #Chromium #Brave #BraveBrowser
I did not know where to place Waterfox either. So i searched for it:
#Waterfox is a fork of Mozilla Firefox. So you could have ticked the fourth line from the start: "motorised by Gecko".
Sorry for the complication. I'll mention it next year.
Your device is likely to request pages with a "user agent" similar to:
"Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0 Waterfox/56.6.2022.08"