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>Its not clear if users will have the ability to re-enable it
Not sure if the article got updated since when you looked at it, but that's clarified here:
"text ads will remain visible on our default search partner’s page - currently Startpage - mirroring the approach Brave takes with their search partner. This is what keeps the lights on. Users who want to disable that entirely can do so with a single toggle in settings"
CSS is DOOMed!
I've build DOOM in CSS and every wall, floor, barrel, and imp is a div, positioned in 3D space using CSS transforms.
Try it out! But... not every browser can handle it. This is taking the browser to its limit. Chrome has some issues. Safari too. Bugs will be filed.
From Ryan Brown, posted by BerserkerDog on Reddit.
Today, Waterfox turns 15 years old.
The post celebrating the anniversary makes an interesting and important announcement: Waterfox will be switching from uBlock Origin to using Brave's adblock library.
This means Waterfox's content filtering will be done by the browser, rather than a browser extension. The announcement cites performance and uBlock Origin's problematic GPL license (which is incompatible with Waterfox's MPL license) as major reasons for the change.
There is one notable, and in my opinion somewhat concerning, note in the article: the adblocker will be disabled by default on whatever Waterfox's search partner is (currently Startpage). This is especially problematic as search ads are a common vector for malware.
https://www.waterfox.com/blog/15-years-of-forking/
Correction: I initially stated it was unclear if Waterfox allowed users to reenable the adblocker on Startpage. That was completely false. The article itself says users will have the option to reenable it.
Thanks to @iyashikei_kris for pointing this out
Kash Patel emails (1.1 GB)
The first tranche of emails from the mailbox of Kash Patel, the director of the FBI, which was hacked by Handala, a hacking group that is believed to have ties to Iranian intelligence.
https://ddosecrets.org/article/kash-patel-emails
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SCOOP: Apple says it's not aware of anyone using Lockdown Mode getting hacked with spyware, on all kinds of devices.
There have already been a couple of documented cases of Lockdown Mode stopping spyware attacks. And there's been one case where an advanced hacking toolkit was designed to bail out if it detected Lockdown Mode on the target device.
If you're worried about spyware, you should use turn this security feature on.
The tech giant's claim that it has not seen any successful spyware attacks targeting Apple devices with Lockdown Mode enabled comes amid a leak of hacking tools targeting users running devices with older software.
Hmm... I have glitch-soc Mastodon 4.6.0, but no new profile page.
I wonder if it is under an experimental feature flag.
solastalgia kris ☀️🧘🚲
Niels Leenheer
Distributed Denial of Secrets
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Neil Brown