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Comment Won't happen on Pale Moon (Score 1) 83

Pale Moon intentionally does not support WebRTC:

WebRTC. Apart from opening up a whole can of worms security/privacy-wise, "Web Real Time Chat" (comparable with Skype video calls and the likes) is not considered useful or desired functionality for Pale Moon (both according to the developers and the users of the browser at large). This is best left to dedicated programs or at most a browser plug-in.

Comment Open standards vs proprietary services (Score 1) 89

This is on par with the general move of the internet towards walled gardens. From independent websites and blogs with RSS feeds for updates to Facebook/Twitter to abandoning the web itself in favor of apps. Also, every once in a while you'll see an article in the business/tech press bemoaning the existence of email when there are so many wonderful proprietary alternatives.
If XMPP had become as widespread as POP/SMTP/IMAP, we would've been able to chat as easily we can send an email, using any combination of client and provider.

Comment As usual, no one reads TFA (Score 1) 82

From the TorrentFreak article -

The good news is that the blocking ‘feature’ isn’t mandatory. Subscribers can enable and disable it whenever they please, by changing their network settings

From the link to Xfinity support (emphasis added) -

Protected Browsing is an opt-in service that Xfinity xFi customers can use to help safeguard their home networks against malicious content. In order to use the feature - which we offer at no additional cost - you must enable it using the Xfinity xFi app. You can also turn it off at any time with a single swipe.

Comment Re:No thanks. (Score 1) 90

The recent followup movies simply reset everything - episode 7 was a remake of episode 4, and 30 years after defeating the Empire, the good guys are again stuck as the underdog against a 'new order' (of what, takeout?) pulled out of the director's ass. The Last Jedi took the already bad story and distortions in continuity and made it worse with a dose of pandering to the SJW crowd.

Comment Does it require human intervention to install? (Score 1) 102

That's the only relevant question here. Until drive-by downloads are a thing on Android, the only victims will be the common sense impaired.
- Stick to Play Store if you don't know what you're doing, and check the developer name, reviews and number of downloads of whatever app you plan to download for any red flags. Better still, stick to well known, popular apps.
- Keep the 'install apps from unknown sources' setting at its default state of unchecked if you're not smart enough to differentiate between malicious and benign 3rd party APKs.
- You don't need any sort of antivirus app on Android. This isn't Windows XP circa early 2000s where using IE6 would get you infected with silently installing malware.

Comment Re:What Config Key Do I Disable/Delete? (Score 1) 307

Get rid of Firefox, install Palemoon and import your Firefox profile into it. It comes with the standard desktop UI that was there before Australis, continued full support for XUL extensions and no telemetry or bundled bullshit.
Basically everything that was good about Firefox until version 4. And no, it's not abandoned or obsolete or anything, it gets regular updates and fixes.
And it's had a 64-bit version on Windows for long before Firefox finally offered one.

Comment Need a good adblocking game from the start. (Score 1) 72

I've been blocking ads for 20 years now, ever since I noticed that the banner ad would load first before the rest of the page had even started loading on a 28.8k dialup connection. It's multi-level for me now -

  • Hosts file - used this initially, now it's just AdAway on my rooted Android
  • AdMuncher, a commercial adblocker for Windows that blocks ads at the socket level, so even ads inside programs get filtered
  • After Firefox appeared, started using Adblock Plus, and now Ublock Origin. On Android I still use ABP.
  • Browser set to reject all cookies by default, except for sites that require you to login.

Comment Re:Failing to manage customer expectations (Score 1) 341

However, because software is an intangible and you can't see it taking shape in the same way as a house it is much more difficult (for someone who is not a software developer)

Iterative software development helps, where you deliver a prototype every few weeks and everyone can see tangible progress. Of course you still need to manage expectations as to what gets into each subsequent release.

Comment Re:Social media is only amplification (Score 1) 405

Without that personal context its hard for a lot of people to imagine any other possibilities.

Maybe on earlier platforms where you didn't know anything about the person beyond an anonymous nick, but most people put their lives out on Facebook without caring to use the privacy features, so you can still (most of the time) see their profile and the kind of posts they share or pages they like to give you a general idea of their politics.

Comment People buy if the price is right (Score 1) 257

I've always pirated movies and TV shows since they're not available in India, but recently Amazon Prime Video launched here - for the equivalent of $7 per year, you get access to their library, plus they've added a whole lot of Bollywood and Indian TV shows to gain popularity, so trying it out was a no brainer.

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