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Comment · 5 years ago
Pretty simple. Google sets the standard, Microsoft and Mozilla play patsy and implement whatever they ask. That's pretty much how the internet works in 2021.
Comment · 5 years ago
Not trying to sound harsh, but you have nothing to show. Why should people crowd fund this thing without even a rudimentary prototype?
Comment · 5 years ago
Should have used LibreSSL or BearSSL.
Comment · 5 years ago
Very cool! One issue with this is, depending on your security slider setting, this does not work in Tor Browser and presumably Firefox. In Private Browsing mode IndexedDB is apparently restricted, so it is only working in non-private windows for me, and of course JS must also be enabled.
Comment · 5 years ago
The fact no one else here has considered that all your private healthcare data is going through an MITM that can strip SSL before reaching the endpoint is rather terrifying. Even if we assume CloudFlare is trustworthy, they are US based, which means little to no GDPR.
Comment · 5 years ago
Neither, try KISSLinux or Gentoo on a VM to actually learn. Arch and Debian are both binary based and don't really teach you much in the way of development and command line.
Comment · 5 years ago
Sounds like they are getting ready for more KYC on the block chain.
Comment · 5 years ago
It's a sarcastic joke, nothing there but a place holder for your own API key and you would have to set it up. There's no place like 127.0.0.1. :D
Comment · 5 years ago
> Two new Web browsing alternatives widen the field of browser choices for Linux users. The recent introduction of Microsoft Edge for Linux, and the Dec. 8 release of Vivaldi version 3.5 offer the freedom to experience a Google-free vehicle to navigate the Internet.

Sorry, but that the "Google-free" claim is just BS. Both browsers now run on the Google Chromium engine, and no matter how much lipstick you can put on a pig, it's still a pig. The only few independent browsers right now are Safari (Webkit) and Mozilla Firefox (Gecko), both of which are struggling in market share because everyone in their mother is creating their own Google rebranded browsers. There's also Goanna / UXP which is forked from Gecko Pre-Servo, but in the grand scheme of things there are very few Google-free vehicles left to navigate the Internet.

Comment · 5 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
While true it is a good reminder that a ton of legacy devices are going to break after 2021-01-11.

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