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Thread: Mozilla removes Bypass Paywalls Clean extension from its add-ons repository; here are
Post: RE: Mozilla removes Bypass Paywalls Clean extensio...
I use this extension every now and then. It's quite useful. Didn't know about the Bypass Paywalls uBlock Origin filter list. Will check that out instead. |
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Browsers News & Tips
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15 February 23, 02:35 |
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Thread: Complete redesign of Thunderbird comes in July 2023
Post: RE: Complete redesign of Thunderbird comes in July...
I'm looking forward to this UI change. Hopefully, it's just an interface change and will not break older addons. |
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Software & Services News
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15 February 23, 02:18 |
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Thread: AVLab.pl - Product of the year 2022: a summary of security tests by AVLab
Post: RE: AVLab.pl - Product of the year 2022: a summary...
Hmm, Avast winning Product of The Year is suspect. Have they cleaned up their act after selling off customer data a few years ago? https://palant.info/2020/01/27/avasts-broken-data-anonymization-appro... |
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Independent Organizations Reports
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07 February 23, 23:24 |
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Thread: Is Google Authenticator irreplaceable?
Post: RE: Is Google Authenticator irreplaceable?
On Android, I use Aegis Authenticator: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.beemdevelopment.aegis. Most open-source enthusiasts believe this is the best one available. andOTP is discontinued. |
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Kaspersky Security Blog
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07 February 23, 23:12 |
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Thread: How to bypass the Microsoft Account requirement during Windows setup
Post: RE: How to bypass the Microsoft Account requiremen...
I was aware of the registry hack, but the banned email address one is new to me.
Might be handy when I have to (re)install Windows although I should try to move to Linux! |
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Tips and tricks
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27 January 23, 20:23 |
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Thread: Brave is testing a Quick Commands feature
Post: RE: Brave is testing a Quick Commands feature
Didn't know about this Chromium feature!
Just enabled it on Chromium. Might make things easier than going directly to chrome://settings/.
Hopefully I'll find some use for it :) |
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Browsers News & Tips
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27 January 23, 20:20 |
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Thread: Twitter no longer allows 3rd-party clients
Post: Twitter no longer allows 3rd-party clients
As of a few days ago, Twitter no longer allows 3rd-party clients: https://www.engadget.com/twitter-new-developer-terms-ban-third-party-clients-211247096.html
The Musk effect continues :D
Nowadays... |
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Tech News
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22 January 23, 01:10 |
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Thread: Wikipedia has updated their design!
Post: RE: Wikipedia has updated their design!
The changes can be found in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC-ItaXDe2A&t=27m34s.
The sticky header, table of contents sidebar, sidebar toggling and language switcher are the most promi... |
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Others
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19 January 23, 21:12 |
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Thread: Wikipedia has updated their design!
Post: Wikipedia has updated their design!
I wouldn't call it a new design, but some subtle tweaking. See https://slate.com/technology/2023/01/wikipedia-redesign-vector-2022-skin.html
What do you think? I kinda like it! |
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Others
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18 January 23, 22:09 |
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Thread: How to remove the Firefox Unified Extensions button and restore the Overflow Menu
Post: RE: How to remove the Firefox Unified Extensions b...
I just upgraded to Firefox 109 last night and the new extensions menu was a little too cluttered for me.
Decided to do this trick to revert to the older extensions menu for now. |
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Browsers News & Tips
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18 January 23, 18:21 |
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Thread: What is the Best Free Download Manager?
Post: RE: What is the Best Free Download Manager?
HTTP Downloader (https://erickutcher.github.io/#HTTP_Downloader) by Eric Kutcher is pretty good. You can also download their optional browser extension to help with grabbing URLs.
However, divinenews... |
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Freeware
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16 January 23, 21:42 |
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Thread: Brave Browser 1.47: Windows group policy templates, clean link improvements, more
Post: RE: Brave Browser 1.47: Windows group policy templ...
The Copy Clean Link feature is nice! Glad that it's a native feature. In other browsers, you would need to install another extension like ClearURLs to do the same thing. About Snowflake, I don't reall... |
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15 January 23, 20:41 |
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Thread: How to access Reddit on mobile without signing-in or using the Reddit app
Post: RE: How to access Reddit on mobile without signing...
I would recommend using either a Teddit (https://codeberg.org/teddit/teddit#instances) or Libreddit (https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit-instances/blob/master/instances.md) instance. You can view R... |
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Tips and tricks
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15 January 23, 20:31 |
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Thread: E-reader recommendation
Post: RE: E-reader recommendation
I know this thread is a little old, but the one that is best from a privacy perspective is a Kobo. You can easily hack around the account registration requirement and also run some third-party softwar... |
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Mobile Phones, Tablets and e-Readers
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12 January 23, 21:53 |
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Thread: Alternative YouTube Music apps
Post: Alternative YouTube Music apps
YouTube Music is a great app to listen to music, but it has ads.
I frequently like to check F-Droid to see if there are any new open-source apps available and I came across a few alternative YouTub... |
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Freeware
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12 January 23, 21:26 |
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Thread: Twitter: check if your email address is among the 200 million leaked
Post: RE: Twitter: check if your email address is among ...
Unfortunately, one of my Twitter accounts was on the list. Hopefully I do not get spammed!
What Ghacks mentions about using email forwarding services to signup for online sites will help negate thi... |
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Privacy & Security News
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12 January 23, 20:32 |
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Thread: YouTube Vanced alternatives for Android
Post: RE: YouTube Vanced alternatives for Android
I never really used YouTube Vanced, so hearing that Vanced was being discontinued wasn't a big deal to me. I used NewPipe for the longest time, but have recently switched to LibreTube because it proxi... |
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Tips and tricks
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12 January 23, 20:26 |
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Thread: Recommendations for best directory music player
Post: Recommendations for best directory music player
Hi everyone!
I'm always on the lookout for good directory audio players on Android as I'm not a fan of audio players that build a music library and attempt to sort the music for you. I already have m... |
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Apps and Games
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12 January 23, 05:02 |
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Thread: GFYI [Official] XYplorer Pro Christmas 2022 Giveaway
Post: RE: GFYI [Official] XYplorer Pro Christmas 2022 Gi...
"What feature/s of XYplorer Pro do you like best as compared to your existing file manager application (state your app) and why do you want to win a lifetime license of XYplorer Pro?”
I've tried XY... |
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Official Giveaways
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11 January 23, 23:00 |