Rikj000
Full stack developer and privacy advocate. I like to keep the mentality, if you can program one language well, then you can program in any language!
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Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Proton @lemmy.world•Proton releases a new app for two-factor authenticationEnglish36·2 months agoSure the client is open source,
server code is closed source.So if proton enshittifies or ceizes to exist,
the open source clients will be useless,
since you or someone else can’t host the server, since that is closed source.But whatever man, good for you if you like them and want to remain oblivious of the risks! c:
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Proton @lemmy.world•Proton releases a new app for two-factor authenticationEnglish44·2 months agoNo, I mean their email server + protocol.
The thing you’d use to self-host a proton mail email server.What you linked is the source to the client,
which interacts with the proprietary server code to fetch your mail from them.If you can’t self-host / switch to a different server if they enshittify due to being closed source, then it’s not “open source” nor “portable”
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Proton @lemmy.world•Proton releases a new app for two-factor authenticationEnglish73·2 months agoThen please do link me the source code of their email protocol.
FairEmail’s FAQ is the 1st thing that popped up on Github when searching for “proton”, mentioning that it’s proprietary:
https://github.com/M66B/FairEmail/blob/master/FAQ.md#faq129
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Proton @lemmy.world•Proton releases a new app for two-factor authenticationEnglish106·2 months ago2 words I want you to keep in mind:
- Entranchment
- Enshittification
I purposely do not use the whole Proton suite for those reasons. It would be quite bad if one is entranched by their whole suite if they went on the enshittification route, which large companies eventually tend to do.
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•Looking for: Browser extension for intercepting and modifying HTTP req/resEnglish7·3 months agoHow about:
- uBlock Origin: To block parts of a web-page
- GreaseMonkey / TamperMonkey / ViolentMonkey: To alter request/responses through JavaScript
Perhaps one of those can suite your needs
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Gaming@lemmy.ml•(SPOILERS) Bethesda is shit - Fallout 4 (2015) ImpressionsEnglish14·3 months agoNot modding a Bethesda game is a mistake though.
They’re notorious for publishing half assed games with great potential, but tend to be fairly open to the modding community patching things up and enhancing the experience.
If you ever would consider replaying it,
look into TheMidnightRide,
which is a great quality of life modpack for Fallout 4: https://themidnightride.moddinglinked.com/
If you’re talking about a wallet,
what’s wrong with Monerujo?
https://www.monerujo.app/Been using it for a while, open source,
scanned for trackers, contains none.You do need to add their own repo to F-Droid to download it from there though:
https://f-droid.monerujo.io/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=a82c68e14af0aa6a2ec20e6b272eff25e5a038f3f65884316e0f5e0d91e7b713
Best mod ever! <3
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Open Source@lemmy.ml•Is there a FOSS Linkedin alternative?English10·6 months agoI get the sentiment,
however when the user base of a FOSS alternative grows beyond the closed source alternative, a switch can happen.So it would be a good thing to have a FOSS alternative out there, which can accumulate a user base over time.
Without any alternatives being developed,
a switch can never happen.
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's your Favorite Firefox Alternative, and why? | Why is this question with an active discussion getting downvoted? Use your words, not your mouse. That's what this instance is for.English4·6 months agoAfter a brief scroll through their source repo, I think it’s a set of patches which gets applied by a script while compiling the browser from source.
So it’s unlikely that it will be susceptible,
unless they forget to patch some telemetry out during a release, which is unlikely, since the projects goal is data privacy + security.
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Do you have to be a tool and screw with me while I'm eating?English9·6 months agoRaccoon thoughts:
Nooo muh grapes! D:
…
Well guess you really want some,
fine you can have that one.
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's your Favorite Firefox Alternative, and why? | Why is this question with an active discussion getting downvoted? Use your words, not your mouse. That's what this instance is for.English11·6 months agoFork of FireFox,
with a focus on data privacy + security:
https://librewolf.net/I’d also like to add IronFox,
similar to LibreWolf, but for mobile:
https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox/
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Linux@lemmy.ml•Update: Mining crypto to heat my 1 bedroom flatEnglish5·6 months agoHi OP, I do the same thing during winters.
For XMR,
you can increase the profits a bit with XmrVsBeast + Gupaxx
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Is there an Android app for LibreWolf? (eom)English0·6 months agoIt’s on F-Droid,
but you’ve gotta add their repo:That link can also be found on their Gitlab:
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Fediverse@lemmy.world•The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.English14·7 months agoI lately have a saying:
“If it’s not FOSS, it’s not worth your time”
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Privacy@lemmy.ml•Why is there only one invidious instance left?English159·7 months agoYouTube has been cracking down on alternative frontends.
Vanilla Invidious currently doesn’t work well,
so most hosters paused and/or gave up.Fijxu runs a fork of Invidious,
with their own modifications implemented to circumvent the blocks,
here’s the source code if you’re interested:
https://git.nadeko.net/Fijxu/invidiousI’ve got big respect for Fijxu,
he’s been doing a very good job of keeping Invidious alive + fighting against the YouTube crackdown lately, basically all on his own.If you can please consider:
- Donating for their work/hosting
- Hosting their fork on your own
- Solving open issues with pull requests to their fork
All the above can help Fijxu,
since currently he’s mostly fighting a big tech giant all on his own.
Day 1 8:30 - I’ll fix this in a few minutes
Day 1 8:30 - 17:00 - Head to desk banging
Day 1 17:00 - Fuck you and see you tomorrow
Day 2 8:45 - Fuck that was an easy fix,
why didn’t I think of that yesterday
Rikj000@discuss.tchncs.deto Fediverse@lemmy.world•Sounds crazy but... maybe you shouldn't delete Facebook just yetEnglish131·7 months agoOP I appreciate the reasoning.
But I’d advise against it,
and would recommend users to delete their Facebook account asap.Why? 4-5 years ago I already noticed the “illusion of free speech” on Facebook.
The platform is a data farm,
but I’m a data privacy advocate,
so I regularly posted data privacy articles/tools.Which went against the best interest of Facebook, so they simply held back that content from nearly everyone’s feed, resulting in it getting nearly zero attention.
But if I posted a dumb meme,
it would get a lot of attention.I’ve asked around to friends back in the day who where scrolling online if they saw my data privacy posts, none did.
So staying on the platform to advertise things that go against Facebooks best interest, will likely not yield good results.
However deleting your account,
is a great conversation starter that can easily be directed into WOM (Word of Mouth) marketing, to teach your friends and family about Fediverse tools.
IronFox is closer to LibreWolf on mobile then IceRaven.
Both IronFox and IceRaven have extension support :)