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In the ever-evolving landscape of web browsers, Firefox continues to prioritize user privacy and customization. The latest update brings a hidden setting that allows users to automatically reject cookie banners in supported sites, going a step beyond merely hiding them. This feature, currently in the pilot phase in Germany during Private Browsing sessions, can be enabled by users worldwide. In this tutorial, we’ll guide you through the steps to unlock this hidden gem. ...

Introduction Briar Mailbox offers a solution for Briar users to improve their reachability and reduce battery consumption. This guide will walk you through the steps to install and set up Briar Mailbox on your server. Note: Always refer to briarproject.org for the most up-to-date and detailed information. Prerequisites A server running GNU/Linux (either x86_64 or ARM64 architecture). Basic command-line knowledge. Install Install dependencies: sudo apt update sudo apt install git default-jdk Clone the Briar Mailbox repository: ...

For a long time, I’ve been using both Firefox and Brave browsers to keep my “work” and “home” browsing separate. This setup worked, but it always felt cumbersome, and I longed for an easier way to switch between profiles in Firefox. My initial search led me to believe that Firefox didn’t have a straightforward option for this. Then I stumbled upon Profile Switcher for Firefox. This extension enables seamless profile switching in Firefox, much like Chrome’s profile switcher. It was a game changer! However, there was still one minor inconvenience: I had to first open the default profile and then select the desired profile from the browser extension menu. ...

The following tutorial provides step-by-step instructions to install Lemmy, a link aggregator for the fediverse, on Ubuntu 22.04. It includes the installation of Lemmy backend, Lemmy UI (web frontend), and the configuration of a reverse proxy with TLS using Nginx. You should be able to install Lemmy without any errors. If you have any, please let me know. I intend to extend this tutorial to Lemmy upgrades, migration and deletion, and thus update the official documentation. ...

As a contributor to OpenStreetMap and allergic to Google Maps, I’m still looking for an alternative to Google Street View. Numerous projects have emerged, such as Mapillary, bought by Facebook or Kartaview, abandoned (?) to raise the day on some scam, not contributing to OpenStreetMap. The last thing is Mapilio, although the project is quite recent and has not yet proved its worth (not open source and the way in which it would contribute to OpenStreetMap is not yet clear) I will not dwell on that today but rather on how to download the data (i.e. the routes/images) that you upload to Mapilio. ...

Versió en català: Com instal·lar el navegador Mullvad Browser a Linux Last update: 2024-06-27 This tutorial will explain how to install, update and uninstall Mullvad Browser from builds, as for now, the app isn’t available from any distribution package manager, Flatpak or Snap. Install Open a Terminal and download the latest release for your current user: cd ~/.local/share && wget https://mullvad.net/en/download/browser/linux-x86_64/latest -O mullvad-browser.tar.xz Extract the content of the downloaded file into a mullvad-browser folder: ...

Today I will try to explain how to use Orbot, for traffic routing through the Tor network, through NetGuard, which provides simple and advanced ways to block access to the internet for certain applications. Step 1 To do this you will need to install : Orbot: https://guardianproject.info/apps/org.torproject.android/ NetGuard: https://netguard.me/ This two apps can be downloaded through the F-Droid app, a catalogue of FOSS applications: https://f-droid.org/ Step 2 Open and start Orbot to connect to TOR. In Orbot’s settings (three dots in the top corner), ensure “Start Orbot on Boot” is selected. ...

So Mozilla announced in a post on their blog that they have been working for several months with a team from Meta (the parent company of Facebook) “on a new proposal that aims to enable conversion measurement - or attribution - for advertising called Interoperable Private Attribution, or IPA.”. This proposal aims to provide advertisers with the ability to perform attribution while offering strong privacy guarantees: providing us with ads without revealing our identities to GAFAMs (for Google, Apple, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft). ...