throwawei369 | 3 years ago | on: OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall
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throwawei369 | 3 years ago | on: OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall
My point is. With Linux and FOSS software, you do not necessarily need to treat programs as hostile. By default, most software is open and can be audited. If you decide to extensively use proprietary software then you have bigger problems that even Little Snitch cannot solve.
There are better alternative routes you can take that do not involve a "MITM" for all your connections.
throwawei369 | 3 years ago | on: OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall
> You can apply more flexible rules than just blocking specific hostnames -- for example, based on IP subnets, port numbers, or specific binary executables
This doesn't sound like a common use case. You can already block connection on a specific port with all available firewall programs. And you can bubblewrap binaries from making internet connections.
> You can block connections even from programs that bypass the default system-wide DNS configuration
Other than browser's making use of DOH for DNS, I can't think of a common use case for this. Besides, why would I want to Wireshark my browser? Why not use uBlock to filter domains.
Doesn't seem obvious to me why one would go through all this trouble.
throwawei369 | 3 years ago | on: OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall
So Wireshark but with connection permission toggles... Why does anyone need this on Linux? You can already block domains you know are malicious in the hosts file or use a personalized DNS resolver for that. Or am I missing something?
throwawei369 | 3 years ago | on: Docker is dead? Podman – an alternative tool?
This would all be true if podman wasn't a gimped version of docker.
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Ted Chiang: Fears of Technology Are Fears of Capitalism
How about you consume your international news from outlets that actually specialize on reporting global news. Such as the BBC world service.
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Facebook had ample warning about privacy problems with “contact import” feature
Not in support of the above poster's views btw, but I think he gave the analogy in a broader sense. Your take on this mirror analogy is from a micro-level. I still think looking at FB from a birds-eye view, the society mirror assessment is fairly accurate.
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Google-Free Android Smartphones Are Now Available in the U.S.
Reminds me of a situation where I had to do tech support for a pal who had bought a Chinese phone (later learned it was a Xiaomi device). Turns out for some reason the Chinese model didn't have Google play store pre-installed since it is useless in their home market. However to get around this restriction, you had to locate one of the system apps, then search for a specific app inside it that would then install the Google play store.
Also, unrelated but obligatory. Huawei after the Trump ban now offers a de-googled smartphone experience.
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Gab has been hacked and 70GB of data leaked
Last I checked it's not illegal to be a fascist. Hacking computer systems and stealing data however is illegal. Whether this is right or wrong is debatable. Free speech shouldn't be.
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Gab has been hacked and 70GB of data leaked
This increase of extreme assault on free-speech platforms should be worrying to everyone. Not too long ago, we were hailing the "internet" as a free fair space. Now it is a free fair space ... for everyone but some kind of people.
I'm for free speech but this specific kind of targeted attacks is getting out of hand.
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
I can tell your age by this comment. I'll leave you with this quote.
"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain"
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
Instead Firefox uploads your geographical location to their servers every time it starts up. And before you ask, this telemetry cannot be stopped.
And when you finally manage to do some therapeutic dissonance from the above default behaviour.
Whenever you use the inbuilt DoH on Firefox, FF shares this stats with Cloudflare too.
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Are Xiaomi browsers spyware? Yes, they are (2020)
> data.mistat.intl.xiaomi.com
Ah. I'd recognize this spy domain anywhere since it regularly features in my pihole's top 5 blacklisted ones
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts, to do data-poisoning
Offence is the best defence
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts, to do data-poisoning
Seems you have too many HN tabs open at the same time.. But the article I have linked shows the study done on how apps read this information. Goes both ways for Android and Apple at the time, not sure if much has changed
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts, to do data-poisoning
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts, to do data-poisoning
Wait until iot becomes mainstream. I foresee tiny chips creating mass scale mutiny against their creators and colonizing us (best case scenario)
throwawei369 | 5 years ago | on: Fake_contacts: Android app to create fake phone contacts, to do data-poisoning
Couldn't agree more. It's a far better approach as a cloaking technique. Reason I use privacy-possum addon on Firefox.
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Little snitch is effectively a MITM app for all connections on the system it is installed on.