An Exercise Program for the Fat Web(blog.codinghorror.com) |
An Exercise Program for the Fat Web(blog.codinghorror.com) |
And that, I think, is why we see a push for DNS-over-HTTPS and other things: because eventually Google (and other device manufacturers) will only use the network-provided DNS servers to find their DNS servers. And of course your device will only use Google's servers, for your security of course.
You might think that sounds crazy, but we've already seen it come to pass: Android apps will now ignore owner-supplied root certs. This means that the device owner cannot inspect HTTPS traffic sent by his own device.
The endgame is that we're not really owners of our own computing devices, but simply renters of media-consumption appliances.
(apart from the obvious recent f-up with the addon signing obviously, which—while glaring—was at least a one-off)
Wow, I didn't realize the same company that owns Adblock also owns uBlock.org (but not ublock origin)
(isn't it funny how every single "modern web security" feature, from DNS over HTTPS, to HSTS even to HTTPS itself always ends up with someone giving up control to 3rd parties yet this is always dismissed and pushed through insane amounts of peer pressure - usually by people who have vested interests in those 3rd parties - because 'security'?)
When I unboxed my old Kindle one day I couldn’t get syncing to work and had no idea why for several days until I tried adding a pass-through filter for Amazon in Pi-Hole, which was the culprit.
Also I would prefer to just run Privoxy as I have Ubuntu running and can just use that instead of some extra gadget. What happens with Privoxy if you are getting a turn off ad blocker message?
Currently I use 'cat block' or the 'EFF' blocker, depending on what computer I am on, those give you an option to turn off your ad blocker which I find myself doing from time to time, it would be nice to have this option with Privoxy.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/switch-pi-hol...
I've been running 2 pi-holes for almost a year. I've been surprised at how well they work and how few sites have issues. I've only encountered 2 problems: 1) Administering Google Ads... Of course it needs to be disabled. 2) Oddly enough Lowes website has very odd online ordering issues unless you disable the pi-holes.
[1] https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/dnsop/WCVv57IizUSjNb2R...
That is the only major issue I have with Firefox. I still use it as my main browser. For one thing, container tabs are a killer feature.
I was interested in Firefox containers but quickly lost interest when I discovered Firefox Sync doesn't sync container configurations, I wasn't going to replicate them in multiple places.
These issues occurred when my computer was plugged into a charger or on battery power. Replacing the thermal compound, thoroughly cleaning the fans, and reducing the number of open tabs and windows didn’t resolve this. Chrome doesn’t appear to cause these issues on my machine, holding all other workload and plugins constant.
I really want to use Firefox but cannot rely on it currently.
I have a smaller DPI non-retina MBP2012 and I always set the default page size to 80% in Chrome. I used two extensions for the same functionality in Firefox (Fixed Zoom and a second one that worked a bit better) but I always had issues with the sites being bigger than the viewport and having to scroll around them to see the content. Images were the biggest victim to this behaviour.
You are right - there are issues in Chrome, but I don't feel them as much in my day to day life and it counts for me.
It's a very non-function related nitpick, but it bugs me constantly so I have a hard time sticking with it.
Sync with the unchangeable default iOS browser is another one, but not a lot Mozilla can do about that.