reboot6675

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[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Been using it for over 6 months and I've found it's everything I personally needed. I'll be buying the lifetime plan next.

If you're asking about the encryption, they publish a whitepaper on their website with the details. I can't really comment on that since I'm no expert. But I did a quick online search back then and found good comments so decided to trust them.

[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wait, so it's either targeted ads or pay? Damn... Silly me thinking if you don't pay you still could opt out of targeted ads.

But yeah, isn't this against GDPR?

[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

I do use BitDefender. It's free and reputable (last time I checked)

[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

I think this is a pretty good breakdown and worth a read. Some key takeaways are that with FLoC Google would be able to track visitors to your website even if you were not using Google Analytics, and that the mechanism is built-in the Chrome browser so entirely controlled by Google.

Here is a related article about Topics, the FLoC replacement.

[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Taringa, ah, those were the days!

[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Damn, is it really like that now? I created my accounts for IG, Google, Discord, years ago and without a number. I refuse to provide it when they ask now and never had an issue.

[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I sometimes browse the KEXP live playlist to find new artists

[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Looks promising, I'll try it out. Thanks!

[–] reboot6675@sopuli.xyz 35 points 1 year ago

Because it's privacy focused. Also because it's not based on Chromium. It's the only one keeping us from having a Google browser monopoly

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