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The Zuck suck is in full swing. (social.fossware.space)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like "headphone status" and "screen density."

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Remind me of that scene in The Dark Knight when Lucius Fox has all the screens with all the data from every smartphone around.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The only way I'll use Facebook nowadays is in a browser sandbox. And before you ask, it's pretty much Events and Marketplace nowadays; the main feed is unusable and horrifying nowadays, and everybody I know has moved on from Messenger.

Hermit browser does a good job of sandboxing random apps like that. Wish it had more than 5 sandboxes though, it severely limits its usability.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Everyone I know pretty much uses fb messenger exclusively, it's the only reason I still have it. If there was a reliable way to hook into messenger from another app I'd switch in a second, but still the reliance on messenger is there.

[–] Zahille7 1 points 2 years ago

It's really good for group messages

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Run it in a Sandboxie sandbox. It can run any application in a Sandbox.

Or just spin up a lightweight VM. Could even run it in a Docker container.