That’s a good work around for a fundamental issue with the app, but how reliable is it? I wish there was a blanket method to disable internet connectivity for an app, rather than relying on a firewall (IIRC they’re pretty leaky, and I struggle to maintain anything that’s always-on) or custom DNS server.
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It looks like GPC spec creates the same sort of tracking signal that DNT did, but it requests less protection: there is specifically a carve-out in GPC that says websites can track you, including for advertising purposes.
GPC is also not intended to limit a first party’s use of personal information within the first-party context (such as a publisher targeting ads to a user on its website based on that user’s previous activity on that same site).
After reading the article and the spec, it looks like GPC is another header (like DNT) and a JavaScript variable the client would set. I don’t see why this couldn’t be used for tracking too.
For HTTP:
A user agent MUST generate a Sec-GPC header… if… gpcAtNavigation is true.
For JavaScript:
The globalPrivacyControl property is available on the navigator object
GPC also looks like a watered down version of DNT. DNT was “do not track,” and GPC is "do not sell:
GPC is also not intended to limit a first party’s use of personal information within the first-party context (such as a publisher targeting ads to a user on its website based on that user’s previous activity on that same site).
Emphasis mine
I think the article made a typo that claims GPC is the same as DNT.
When you enable the feature, the GPC sends a signal… This signal is sent via a special HTTP header called DNT: 1 (Do Not Track)
But the GPC spec does say it sends a new signal: Another header (like DNT) and a JavaScript variable the client would set. I don’t see why this couldn’t be used for tracking too.
A user agent MUST generate a Sec-GPC header
So if it generates a header, it can still be used for fingerprinting, but this header is actually less restrictive for what the receiver must do.
DNT was “do not track,” and GPC is "do not sell:
GPC is also not intended to limit a first party’s use of personal information within the first-party context (such as a publisher targeting ads to a user on its website based on that user’s previous activity on that same site).
When a big company blocks use of their app if you use something from a smaller company, users will choose the big company over the small company. Just ask WeChat about how they kill competitors.
Original research, good questions being asked… Gets downvoted. I’m kind of curious what caused that for a post like this of all things… Maybe this is why Reddit has a displayed vote floor of zero.
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I thought it was open source.
https://github.com/signalapp/Signal-Server
This doesn’t prevent them from running different software or logging requests, but we have unsealed court orders, which is better than most other services that could receive them.
I see the problem: [anything] after the website domain is redirected to profile/[anything]. Imagine running that redirect repeatedly. It will keep on adding “profile” to the beginning. To stop it, you have to make sure the URL after the domain doesn’t start with “profile”, otherwise you’re in danger of a loop.
According to who and where? You just chronologically ordered things backwards from the Wikipedia article!
The Wikipedia article and the quote don’t mention it being forked from anything. And the word has a strict code definition so if it was, it wouldn’t be hard to prove…
imagine if talking to the people around you required you calling a central phone depot first before being connected to the person next to you
Meanwhile, our Lemmy conversation is just like that, except instead of one central telephone provider, there are at least two (yours and mine). The risk surface has doubled!
Can you provide a citation for a claim that it is a fork?
If you’re against being petty, lead by example and don’t tone police!
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This might be the wrong place to ask, but does anybody know when Mozilla is obligated to put out their 2023 tax forms? It’s almost 2025 and I’m not an accountant
I’m skeptical of all cryptocurrency, but in regards to this:
It’s a centralized coin, antithetical to federation… Just like signal.
What is wrong with centralization when a core principle of Signal is privacy? Federation often complicates and confounds efforts to make things more private - look no further than Matrix’s Olm implementation. MegOlm also encrypts far less metadata, by design and probably out of necessity.
The real question is to shortwavesurfer: Is it actually a Monero fork, or are they just saying the word “Monero” because it’s always on their mind?
Because I’ve seen zero evidence of the former (after wasting my time looking), but plenty of the latter. Thus, not worth taking seriously.
I can’t take any statements from you about Monero seriously: https://lemm.ee/comment/15410085
Is this stock Android? I don’t have this option on mine, as far as I can tell. The closest I have is “Allow background data usage”