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Is the censoring of words like bitch instance specific? If so, incredibly ironic for lemmy.ml of all places to be censored.

Vivaldi is chromium… It’s also not FOSS. As with most the other people in the comments, I’d suggest Librewolf, though I’m looking into going back to regular Firefox with a custom user.js for added security.

I don’t recall any new controversies with Brave similar to that, but that said, there’s not much of a reason to use anything other than Safari anyways. You’re forced to use WebKit, and using something like Brave (which tbf is probably one of the better alternatives despite their history) only increases the number of parties you must trust, while mostly just being a reskin of Safari.

If lack of good ad block (e.g. beyond DNS) is a deal breaker, Brave seems to be the only open source option. Otherwise a good DNS server and adguard should get you most of the way there on Safari.

My understanding is that they have no intent to violate user privacy, but they’re also not going out of their way to protect it. The goal is to have a completely independent browser, everything else falls second to that.

Nope, it’s not possible to watch age restricted videos without a verified Google account token

Who owns the spammy github account(s?)? Just because they endorse GOS doesn’t make them associated with the project.

I don’t think you read my post or look at this links, until then I don’t care what you’re saying

I did read your post, it has zero mention of how the websites belong to the GrapheneOS devs.

You also still have not provided any proof that the random lemmy account you linked (which has been inactive for 3 years) is a troll, though that’s besides the point.

Maybe I’m just not understanding, but most of this seems very conspiratory. I’m happy to be wrong, but this post tastes like a giant nothing burger.

First, the “spamming” seems to be about not uploading their own apps to F-Droid, which is a fair concern given a lot of the apps’ permissions. F-Droid is slow when it comes to app updates, for better or for worse, and so hosting something like a PDF viewer puts the user at unnecessary risk.

Second, there is zero proof behind the blogs. Same with the “Suspicious GitHub accounts”. Sure they post the same stuff, but that could be literally anyone. Additionally, for the android recommendations, they recommend more projects than just GrapheneOS, something Daniel Micay would likely never do given his stance on everything.

Third, and finally, the account you linked as a troll seems to be just a random dude. From a pretty brief look over of their profile, they don’t even use Lemmy anymore, and haven’t made any troll posts. On Lemmy a user doesn’t really get “banned” anyhow. The instance hosting their account (lemmy.ml) can ban them, but nothing stops them from hosting on an instance that refuses to ban trolls (such as lemmy.ml).

Also to note, Proton AG is technically for-profit. They are majority owned by Proton, which is a non-profit, but the company that hosts everything is technically for-profit.

There is a reason every illegal operation runs on Telegram, not Signal. The security is good.

Or it’s because the platform is nearly unmoderated and has benefited greatly from the network effect.

What about Lineage gives you more control than GOS? I personally have never tried LineageOS since I have a pixel, but curious what it’s like over there.

No, you still need a phone number. IIRC it’s on the roadmap, but not a priority.

This kind of mindset is what make the privacy community seem like outcasts. Yes, pedophiles and other criminals would benefit from complete anonymity, but that does not mean we should draw the line at how anonymous someone gets to be because “only pedos operate at that level”.