Not bad, although this only seems to affect VLC and not a specific video decoder
Not bad, although this only seems to affect VLC and not a specific video decoder
From a movie?
Lmao. Show me an exploit that allows you to run arbitrary code from encoded video files, then we’ll talk
Just update paru from source (exactly like the first time that you installed it)
Imagine needing a thumb drive to install Linux
May I introduce my lord and saviour isodrive to you? (TLDR: Allows rooted phones to mount image files, which can be used like a normal usb can)
Lmao, shouldn’t be hard to guess what Facebook updated though
A patch that might or might not fix whatever its changelog tells you it did. It also introduces new bugs
Imo, it can be generalized that most people in power are asshats because the only people that want to wield power do so for all the wrong reasons
Thank you so much for such a great write-up
Don’t worry, I kinda nerd out over this so it was fun to share some of my knowledge
What field are you in?
Nothing specific sadly, as I messed up school because I didn’t care enough. I started learning to program at 11 years old though, got into reverse engineering by 12 and so much more stuff by now because it’s all so fascinating I just can’t stop researching and messing arround with things
Also, do you find CreepJS more powerful than Fingerprint.com?
Haven’t seen that one yet, I’ll play arround with it the next time I’m at my PC
Edit: It’s not, my android setup was enough to fool it automatically. CreepJS is insane though, it even kept track of me on Tor!
My guess? This is just PR from their politicians to say “they are saving the country” or whatever bullshit without actually doing anything useful
My guess? They’re trying to suck up to Google
Well, this is a way to vast topic to explain everything here but I’ll try and summarize the most important things:
Let me first explain how websites are able to “fingerprint” you: It’s basically just collecting as much data as possible about your device. Simple things like your browsers size (in pixels), your screen size, your CPU’s core count an many, many more. Having all this data makes it possible for websites to create a profile that only matches one of your specific devices (world wide!). Some websites/fingerprinters even go as far as scanning your local network for other devices, which could even tell them where you live, with whom etc. This wouldn’ be such a big deal if every website had their own database, but almost every page uses ads from Amazon, Meta or Google which makes these companies able to reliably track most of your internet usage even across different devices
So fingerprinters can be very intrusive nowadays, the best way to be anonymous is for everyone to share the same fingerprint which is what the tor browser tries to attempt. Obviously this needs everyone to conform to some predefined norms to work, otherwise you’ll become an outlier which can be tracked again
Tor browser sadly is very slow and by definition not very customizable, so I chose to forsake it in favor of Librewolf in combination with uBlock Origin in Strict Mode, all filterlists and all privacy settings enabled. Additionally I use JShelter to restrict websites Javascript usage and spoof some of the data which can be fingerprinted. Also for Android I use Firefox with some settings from the Arkenfox user.js (Librewolf uses this by default, I mostly use DNS over TLS and Resist Fingerprinting) and Firefox’s own Enhanced Tracking Protection in Strict mode. Additionally I like LibRedirect to access Reddit when I need to without having to login.
This setup stops most fingerprinters from even being loaded, those that still get loaded won’t run most of the time. It also sadly doesn’t work very well with pages behind Cloudflare, so you sadly need to (temporarily) disable some protections to get arround cloudflares captcha (or alternatively delete the webpages cookies each time you request another page from the same domain, this can be automated with addons/Firefox)
Keep in mind though that my setup might be considered pretty overkill by most and that privacy is a spectrum. It’s possible to block all tracking, but that would make almost the whole web unusable so keep that in mind. Your goal should be to limit the data that can be harvested from you to an acceptable degree, not to eliminate it. Most of the time this is a tradeoff of convenience vs privacy
If you wanna learn more look arround uBlock Origin Wiki, the Arkenfox user.js Wiki and the JShelter webpage
Additionally here’s some websites to test your overall fingerprintability:
Shoutout to LibreJS as well, sadly it breaks wayyy to many websites without doing endless tweaking for me to consider it usable and also LocalCDN
Also to finish this I should tell you that I’m by no means an expert and that you should do your own research. Having a semi random fingerprint can itself be a trackable vector but atleast I feel safe enough doing it this way
Feel free to ask more if something’s unclear/you want to know some more about privacy outside of your browser
AdBlock doesn’t do shit about advanced fingerprinters
Have a look at CreepJS
Only way I found to circumnvent it is by using JShelter with WebWorkers removed
This is the same cat and mouse game hackers have been doing with game-/anticheat developers since multiplayer games became a thing
Are people still cheating? Yes
So unless google manages to pull of their device certification fuckery for PCs it will never work out in their favor
When I jump into some place with a pretty low ceiling (like catacombs in Dust 2) I sometimes duck irl to not hit my heod
Sadge, you tried to improve Lemmy by posting something and got downvotes for your work
Don’t let yourself feel down about this, you tried to do the right thing and it didn’t work out. Try to understand why things happened the way they did and most importantly never stop trying what you think is right :)
Tbh I didn’t read the article but I’m glad you posted it because every post on Lemmy contributes to it being “alive”. So, thank you
Probably stupid but I feel like I’m weird and don’t need as much water as the health officials recommend. Like I’m a more efficient model
Let’s hope your right, otherwise you’re going to experience kidney stones sooner or later. And also all the other effects of sustained dehydration which are no fun and some are irreperable
I’ve never understood why people add milk
Because it tastes better with milk. Raw cereal is pure sugar most of the time, milk makes it at least bearable. Also many cereals are really dry
I don’t think you can waste the time of an automated computer program
To the surprise of: absolutely noone
Doesn’t even need updates, in the 10 years I was on Windows it didn’t want to start after shutting it down again like 7 times
I hated having to reinstall every year
Fucking ad for a Spyware infested piece of shit
My parents use some, they spam my PCs fucking firewall logs like hell. They also regulary get silent updates which make them slower and slower and slower (which shouldn’t be possible because it’s freezing all the time)