I just use reddit as reference anymore, usually through redlib. Reddit became a seething cauldron of festering carcasses a long time ago, and I have no desire to jump through all their hoops just to use their servers, much like YT and a growing number of other sites. I just don’t have the patience to reconfigure my network just so I can use those outlets. Sad tho. It used to be a decent social media platform until it wasn’t. C’est la vie. Such is the way of the internet.
I asked them exactly that hehe
So, technically the sites you are redirecting from will never know you tried to access them and the addon is not interacting with any page, but the dev didn’t address/think of probing. I don’t have enough tech knowledge to confirm the addon won’t react to anything, thus making itself known. I don’t know which probing techniques there are and how all those resist-fingerprint and sandboxing settings from privacy-conscious browsers work against it… it does, however, sound like a sophisticated and resource-consuming method that I don’t think they would be using on regular internet unless they have specific targets, so if they have such probing techniques they are probably using it on IPs going through the TOR network (and you shouldn’t use any addon on Tor anyway).
It’s all about your threat model, if you just want to avoid regular tracking and profiling the addon should be fine, now if you are afraid of some sophisticated and resourceful threat actors targeting you, don’t take your chances with any addon.
I feel much the same, I want to completely unplug more and more with each passing day.
It may just be low blood sugar fueled pessimism but I don’t see anything actually replacing these massive sites.
It’s like trying to get into old multiplayer games where the few players left have a massive experience advantage that makes the barrier to entry impossibly high.
I think the best response is to just not participate anymore.
I’m far from that goal, hopefully enshittification will force my hand and push me offline for good.
I think the best response is to just not participate anymore.
I’ve pretty much felt that way for a very long time now. If all my efforts breaks your site, or prevents me from accessing it entirely, I just don’t bother. For one, the information is, more than likely, replicated somewhere else, if not a direct quote of the article, then pretty much the same data worded differently. It might just be a bit further down on the search page.
I just use reddit as reference anymore, usually through redlib. Reddit became a seething cauldron of festering carcasses a long time ago, and I have no desire to jump through all their hoops just to use their servers, much like YT and a growing number of other sites. I just don’t have the patience to reconfigure my network just so I can use those outlets. Sad tho. It used to be a decent social media platform until it wasn’t. C’est la vie. Such is the way of the internet.
I use libredirect.github.io to not have to worry about clicking links
Link for mobile accessibility: https://libredirect.github.io/index.html
This is so sick, thank you!
That looks great.
But aren’t more addons bad for fingerprinting? I often read the recommendation to use as few addons as possible.
I asked them exactly that hehe
So, technically the sites you are redirecting from will never know you tried to access them and the addon is not interacting with any page, but the dev didn’t address/think of probing. I don’t have enough tech knowledge to confirm the addon won’t react to anything, thus making itself known. I don’t know which probing techniques there are and how all those resist-fingerprint and sandboxing settings from privacy-conscious browsers work against it… it does, however, sound like a sophisticated and resource-consuming method that I don’t think they would be using on regular internet unless they have specific targets, so if they have such probing techniques they are probably using it on IPs going through the TOR network (and you shouldn’t use any addon on Tor anyway).
It’s all about your threat model, if you just want to avoid regular tracking and profiling the addon should be fine, now if you are afraid of some sophisticated and resourceful threat actors targeting you, don’t take your chances with any addon.
Beats me, I only browse reddit over TOR.
…and lemmy.
I feel much the same, I want to completely unplug more and more with each passing day.
It may just be low blood sugar fueled pessimism but I don’t see anything actually replacing these massive sites.
It’s like trying to get into old multiplayer games where the few players left have a massive experience advantage that makes the barrier to entry impossibly high.
I think the best response is to just not participate anymore.
I’m far from that goal, hopefully enshittification will force my hand and push me offline for good.
I’ve pretty much felt that way for a very long time now. If all my efforts breaks your site, or prevents me from accessing it entirely, I just don’t bother. For one, the information is, more than likely, replicated somewhere else, if not a direct quote of the article, then pretty much the same data worded differently. It might just be a bit further down on the search page.
Digg was good once too. These things change.
In the words of George Harrison: All things must pass, all things must pass away
Digg is back.
I dont recall the exact issue with the new Digg but I remember there being something that made it clear this would fail.
I clicked on it out of curiosity and it just went to a page saying it was invite only and then asked for my email so I just closed the tab lol.
I think it’s AI/crypto BS
I’m a “Groundbreaker” on the new Digg (just the initial wave of people that signed up). It’s nothing nefarious but it’s also nothing special yet.
There are grand claims of being an antidote to the more toxic corners of the Internet but so far it’s a bit of a damp squib.
I do hope they pull it off but at the moment it’s a poor cousin of Lemmy, IMHO.
Such is capitalism. Plenty of stuff is still running fine without turning a profit for the shareholders.