diff --git a/articles/1password.html b/articles/1password.html index b8d900d..e55adbd 100644 --- a/articles/1password.html +++ b/articles/1password.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

1Password

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- 1password Logo + 1password Logo

1password is a password management service

@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ https://paul.reviews/privacy-password-managers-a-reality-check/

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/amd.html b/articles/amd.html index 2b195b4..b302e4e 100644 --- a/articles/amd.html +++ b/articles/amd.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

AMD CPU Family

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- One of the logos AMD uses for its CPU's + One of the logos AMD uses for its CPU's

UNFINISHED ARTICLE - UNDER CONSTRUCTION - BAD FORMATTING

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. This article is specifically about the CPU's that are produced by AMD and nothing else. The logo is one of many logos used by AMD, but the @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ Family 15h-Models60h and later contain a PSP

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/bing.html b/articles/bing.html index e15bfe2..526d5f9 100644 --- a/articles/bing.html +++ b/articles/bing.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Bing

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- Bing logo + Bing logo

Bing is a search engine created and owned by Microsoft.

@@ -84,6 +84,6 @@ Bing is a search engine created and owned by Microsoft.

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/brave.html b/articles/brave.html index 2e11d30..7f6a393 100644 --- a/articles/brave.html +++ b/articles/brave.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Brave Browser

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- Brave logo + Brave logo

Brave Browser is a Chromium fork with many interesting features not found elsewhere, such as built-in Adblock and other extensions, fingerprinting protection, cleaner Preferences menu than other Chrome forks, and the (opt-in) ability to automatically support (pay) the websites you visit. The developers describe it as

"A browser with your interests at heart."[1]

, and the built-in privacy protections would seem to agree with that, but let's see how it stacks up when we take everything into account.

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@

"i feel that being able to figure out how to do this is a sufficiently high bar for users who want to turn off autoupdating (to prove they know what they're doing and understand the security implications)"

-

So according to the devs, you have to hunt down random internet comments to be able to disable auto-updating. Brave will also update what looks like the list of its "partners" every time you run it. Extensions are also updated often. +

So according to the devs, you have to hunt down random internet comments to be able to disable auto-updating. Brave will also update what looks like the list of its "partners" every time you run it. Extensions are also updated often.

Anti-privacy search engine by default

@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@

Brave's start page contains analytics

- Brave will connect to its home page, https://brave.com, automatically on the first run of Brave, and that page contains Piwik's analytics scripts. This is the full request: It will also make a connection to Google to download some fonts. You can disable these on subsequent runs by changing the start page. + Brave will connect to its home page, https://brave.com, automatically on the first run of Brave, and that page contains Piwik's analytics scripts. This is the full request: It will also make a connection to Google to download some fonts. You can disable these on subsequent runs by changing the start page.

Crash reports

Enabled by default, but can be disabled from the preferences menu.

Other requests

-

Brave will make a connection to every time it is started up. It probably has something to do with their project of working with advertisers to provide more relevant targeted ads, which sounds pretty disgusting, but can be turned off ("Notify me about token promotions"). You can read more about it here[3].It will also make this request: , which downloads the rulesets for HTTPS Everywhere.

+

Brave will make a connection to every time it is started up. It probably has something to do with their project of working with advertisers to provide more relevant targeted ads, which sounds pretty disgusting, but can be turned off ("Notify me about token promotions"). You can read more about it here[3].It will also make this request: , which downloads the rulesets for HTTPS Everywhere.

Brave's privacy protections

Brave Browser also contains in-built privacy protections such as HTTPS Everywhere, AdBlock, cookie blocking, script blocking, and fingerprinting protections - that are configurable site by site. This is commendable of course, but in the end, uMatrix outclasses them. Trackers, for example, easily avoid pure AdBlock (so you will be tracked by Facebook and such), and binary script blocking breaks sites. Nice effort on Brave's part though, and the fingerprinting protection I don't think is found in any other browser (but I didn't confirm if it actually works).

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/browsers.html b/articles/browsers.html index 829888d..4f0fe5a 100644 --- a/articles/browsers.html +++ b/articles/browsers.html @@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ much privacy can be gained by configuring it.

- - - - - + + + + + @@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ much privacy can be gained by configuring it.

TOR Logo
GNU IceCat Logo
Ungoogled Chromium Logo
Iridium Logo
Pale Moon Logo
TOR Logo
GNU IceCat Logo
Ungoogled Chromium Logo
Iridium Logo
Pale Moon Logo
TOR Browser
- - + + @@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ much privacy can be gained by configuring it.
Otter Browser Logo
Falkon Logo
Otter Browser Logo
Falkon Logo
- - + + @@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ where configuring them is so non-tr going to be better to pick a browser higher on this list.
Qutebrowser Logo
SphereLogo
Qutebrowser Logo
SphereLogo
- - - - - + + + + + @@ -106,11 +106,11 @@ going to be better to pick a browser higher on this list.

Waterfox Logo
Brave logofirefox Logovivaldi LogoDissenter Logo
Waterfox Logo
Brave logofirefox Logovivaldi LogoDissenter Logo
Waterfox
- - - - - + + + + + @@ -137,6 +137,6 @@ going to be better to pick a browser higher on this list.

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/ccleaner.html b/articles/ccleaner.html index 7b675d2..b5b3ad9 100644 --- a/articles/ccleaner.html +++ b/articles/ccleaner.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

CCleaner

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- ccleaner logo + ccleaner logo

CCleaner, developed by Piriform, is a utility program used to clean potentially unwanted files and invalid Windows Registry entries from a computer.

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ where it provides one privacy policy for every single product its company offers CCleaner clearly shows in its privacy settings that it is collecting information about your comptuer and selling that information to advertisers:

- Ccleaner privacy settings + Ccleaner privacy settings

Image Source: [2]

CCleaner tracks a huge amount of personal information

@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ In the past, CCleaner has been compromised and backdoors have been added to it.<

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/cdex.html b/articles/cdex.html index e1920e7..73eb9e1 100644 --- a/articles/cdex.html +++ b/articles/cdex.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

CDex

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- cdex logo + cdex logo

CDex is an Open Source Digital Audio CD Extractor.

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ CDex attempts to bundle it self with the WebDiscover web browser. This is an Opt-out and not an Opt-in like it should be. This program is spyware, because according to it's privacy policy[1], it collects information about it's users.

- CDex installer spyware opt-out screen + CDex installer spyware opt-out screen

Sources

@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/chrome.html b/articles/chrome.html index 0a46cc0..3135716 100644 --- a/articles/chrome.html +++ b/articles/chrome.html @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ [4knomcor76uif5na.onion][archive.is]

- chrome logo + chrome logo

Google Chrome is a web browser developed and distributed by Google.

@@ -111,6 +111,6 @@ Google Chrome has an updater which is constantly running in the background and s

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/chrome_es.html b/articles/chrome_es.html index 9b64c96..0c184a8 100644 --- a/articles/chrome_es.html +++ b/articles/chrome_es.html @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ [qorg.xyz][qorglaofrwqdj4is.onion][archive.is]

- chrome logo + chrome logo

Google Chrome es un navegador web desarollado y distribuido por Google

Nivel de spyware: EXTREMADAMENTE ALTO

@@ -102,6 +102,6 @@ Google Chrome contiene mucho spyware que responden en el historial de la busqued

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/discord.html b/articles/discord.html index c66bf7e..ebceb33 100644 --- a/articles/discord.html +++ b/articles/discord.html @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ [web.archive.org][archive.is]

- Discord-Logo + Discord-Logo

Discord is an instant messaging application for MacOS, Windows, Linux, Android, and iOS. Discord is used to communicate via voice chat and @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ text chat, and has image-sharing and file-sharing capabilities. Thanks to Richard Stallman for linking to our article here! The spotlight is very much appreciated.

- Discord? No Way! + Discord? No Way!

Discord is spyware because it collects all information that passes through its communication platform. As Discord is a centralized @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ turned off. Discord did NOT log all of the proces However when setting the "Display currently running game as a status message" turned on, the behavior described in[2] was replecated. You can see that behavior here:

- Discord process logging as described in [2] confirmed with procmon + Discord process logging as described in [2] confirmed with procmon

It turns out that this feature can be disabled through the UI. Because of the nature of closed-source software it isn't possible for either this article or the Discord developers to prove how much information is being sent to @@ -121,14 +121,14 @@ described in[2] was replecated. You can see that beh

Discord shows this in it's privacy option here:

- Discord process logging usefulness + Discord process logging usefulness

That the process logging features of Discord are now being recorded on Discord's servers as a form of telemetry (spyware), and removes speculation about why this feature exists. It is clarified by Discord that this spyware feature is used for advertising to it's users.[8] This means that Discord is recording the programs you have open to build a statistical model of what programs you might buy/lisence in the future.

- Discord confirms process logging is used for advertising + Discord confirms process logging is used for advertising

Discord tries to force some users to give their Telephone numbers

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ Discord will lock users out of it's service and will not allow them to continue support. This kind of feature is designed to extract very personal information out of it's users (phone numbers). The criteria for locking out users isn't known.

-discord phone verification +discord phone verification

Discord receives government requests for your information

@@ -240,5 +240,5 @@ it probably will be forced to liquiate this asset.

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/discord_es.html b/articles/discord_es.html index 6f79724..e8a706d 100644 --- a/articles/discord_es.html +++ b/articles/discord_es.html @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ [qorglaofrwqdj4is.onion][web.archive.org][archive.is]

- Discord-Logo + Discord-Logo

Discord es un programa de mensajería instantanea disponible para MacOS, GNU/Linux, Android, Windows, Android e iOS. Discord puede usarse para comunicarse vía voz y chat de texto, también se puede usar para compartir archivos e imágenes. @@ -139,5 +139,5 @@ por si el link muere.

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/dissenter.html b/articles/dissenter.html index 9f37e60..9d09804 100644 --- a/articles/dissenter.html +++ b/articles/dissenter.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

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- Dissenter Logo + Dissenter Logo

Dissenter is a web browser and plugin released by the social network company Gab.

@@ -26,16 +26,16 @@ habits than the current alternatives that already exist.

When the Dissenter Browser is started, it will make several connections to Brave's autoupdate services:

- Dissenter Browser phoning home to Brave + Dissenter Browser phoning home to Brave

Every once in a while, the Browser will send a request to Brave's instance of the Google safebrowsing service:

- Dissenter Browser phoning home to Brave + Dissenter Browser phoning home to Brave

Whenever the Dissenter extension is opened, it will phone home to several companies:

- Dissenter Extension phoning home + Dissenter Extension phoning home

This includes:

@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ Every once in a while, the Browser will send a request to Brave's instance of th is correctly blocked by Shields when a normal website tries to access it, but this connection is not blocked when Dissenter accesses it... This is an interesting double standard when it comes to privacy.

- +

Inherent issues with Dissenter

@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Every once in a while, the Browser will send a request to Brave's instance of th

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/duckduckgo.html b/articles/duckduckgo.html index 3f31a68..4045734 100644 --- a/articles/duckduckgo.html +++ b/articles/duckduckgo.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

DuckDuckGo

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Spanish Translation

- DuckDuckGo logo + DuckDuckGo logo

DuckDuckGo is a search engine created by Gabriel Weinberg and owned by Duck Duck Go, Inc.

@@ -76,6 +76,6 @@ DuckDuckGo is a search engine created by Gabriel Weinberg and owned by Duck Duck

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/duckduckgo_es.html b/articles/duckduckgo_es.html index ba110e1..fba491a 100644 --- a/articles/duckduckgo_es.html +++ b/articles/duckduckgo_es.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@

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Back to catalog (Spanish)
English Translation

- +

DuckDuckGo es un motor de busqueda creado por Gabriel Weinberg y mantenido or Duck Duck Go, inc

Nivel de spyware: Posiblemente spyware

DuckDuckGo es un motor de busqueda que jura proteger la privacidad de sus usuarios [1]debido a que es un servicio sentralizado, no es posible saber si es spyware viendo la tecnologia que usa. hay algunos avisos para dudar si es realmente privado. Este artículo es solo para hacerte decidir si usar o no este servicio. Ultimamente no hay prueba de que DuckDuckGo es spyware. Pero hay algunas razones para sospechar de ser spyware, de todas formas, esta bien saber de que DuckDuckGo Ofrece un dominio onion asi que no debes dudar en usarlo si estás en TOR

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/example.html b/articles/example.html index d99a7b0..93561a1 100644 --- a/articles/example.html +++ b/articles/example.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

Example Article

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- Images are in the /images folder + Images are in the /images folder

This part of the article should have the name of the program and what it does, and who develops it.

@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ should be cited like this: [1].

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/explorer.html b/articles/explorer.html index cd472e1..96cf614 100644 --- a/articles/explorer.html +++ b/articles/explorer.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Internet Explorer

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- Internet Explorer Logo + Internet Explorer Logo

Internet Explorer is a Web Browser distributed by Microsoft with most versions of the Microsoft Windows Operating system.

@@ -52,6 +52,6 @@ Internet Explorer has the spyware feature commonly referred to as "location serv

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/falkon.html b/articles/falkon.html index ac3300b..ea6ff5a 100644 --- a/articles/falkon.html +++ b/articles/falkon.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Falkon

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- falkon Logo + falkon Logo

Falkon is a KDE web browser using QtWebEngine rendering engine, previously known as QupZilla.

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Falkon is a KDE web browser using QtWebEngine rendering engine, previously known locally stored because it does not create any requests when I go to it normally. I don't know what these are for. Maybe it's a form of phoning home? The first IP is for the domain: github.map.fastly.net which seems to be part of a CDN.

- Is falkon phoning home? + Is falkon phoning home?

This article was last edited on 8/24/2018 @@ -32,6 +32,6 @@ Falkon is a KDE web browser using QtWebEngine rendering engine, previously known

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/firefox.html b/articles/firefox.html index b4ee0d6..fc9e162 100644 --- a/articles/firefox.html +++ b/articles/firefox.html @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Back to catalog
Mitigation Guide

- Firefox logo + Firefox logo

Mozilla Firefox is one of the most popular and longest existing browsers. Its developers have earned it a reputation for being a "privacy and security-based browser, respecting the user" - but is it justified, or just marketing? In fact, over the years they have made several anti-privacy (and generally anti-user) decisions, but this article will focus exclusively on spying. Version tested: 52.5.0, with the default settings. Program used for testing requests: Mitmproxy. @@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ The best takeaway to this is that Mozilla wants to pretend that including spywar

"Safe" Browsing?

- Allegedly used to protect you from "phishing" websites, but in the end, it makes a bunch of requests to Google every 30 minutes (according to Mozilla), including a POST request with your Firefox version and a unique, persistent, hidden cookie. Since whenever the current URL matches an entry in the cached local blacklist a request is made to Google servers, ostensibly to test whether that website is still on the master online blacklist, it allows Google to monitor specific websites transparently to the user by putting the URLs of interest on the local but not the online blacklist.
Can be disabled ONLY in about:config. + Allegedly used to protect you from "phishing" websites, but in the end, it makes a bunch of requests to Google every 30 minutes (according to Mozilla), including a POST request with your Firefox version and a unique, persistent, hidden cookie. Since whenever the current URL matches an entry in the cached local blacklist a request is made to Google servers, ostensibly to test whether that website is still on the master online blacklist, it allows Google to monitor specific websites transparently to the user by putting the URLs of interest on the local but not the online blacklist.
Can be disabled ONLY in about:config.

Firefox Health Report

@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ The best takeaway to this is that Mozilla wants to pretend that including spywar

Other issues

Firefox also sometimes makes a request to "self-repair.mozilla.org" which looks like this: -
+
It includes "optimizelyEndUserID" which probably means it uniquely identifies you. Can be disabled ONLY in about:config.[7]
It also makes this request every time you open the default home page: @@ -263,6 +263,6 @@ they should be set too:

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/foobar2000.html b/articles/foobar2000.html index 8ae69cf..5548fa7 100644 --- a/articles/foobar2000.html +++ b/articles/foobar2000.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Foobar 2000

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- foobar Logo + foobar Logo

Foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform.

@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ Foobar2000 does not make it's source code availible, which could be hiding spywa

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/ftp.html b/articles/ftp.html index 3288d18..2ea4a57 100644 --- a/articles/ftp.html +++ b/articles/ftp.html @@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ FTP does not collect any information than the absolute minimum needed to provide

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/google_search.html b/articles/google_search.html index df07296..19784ef 100644 --- a/articles/google_search.html +++ b/articles/google_search.html @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Spanish Translation [qorg.xyz]
Turkish Translation

- Google logo + Google logo

Google Search is a search engine created and owned by Google.

@@ -96,6 +96,6 @@ your information, so it is really not trying to be very detailed because it woul

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/google_search_es.html b/articles/google_search_es.html index caf2446..ed812bc 100644 --- a/articles/google_search_es.html +++ b/articles/google_search_es.html @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ English Version
Turkish Version

- +

El buscador de Google es un motor de busqueda creado y mantenido por Google

Nivel de spyware EXTREMADAMENTE ALTO

El buscador de Google recolecta tu información personal y está altamente integrado con otros servicios que también recolectan tu información personal. En la política de privacidad de Google[1] está escrita de mandera que no dice que tipos de información recolectam por lo que miente. Así que lo mejor que puedes hacer, es afirmar que cada vez que usas un servicio de Google es saber que está haciendo lo posible para obtener toda tu información.

@@ -59,6 +59,6 @@

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/google_search_tr.html b/articles/google_search_tr.html index bd4f36f..0ad6cf2 100644 --- a/articles/google_search_tr.html +++ b/articles/google_search_tr.html @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ İspanyolca Çeviri [qorg.xyz]
English Version

- Google logo + Google logo

Google Arama tarafından oluşturulan ve yönetilen bir arama motorudur.

Casus Yazılım Seviyesi: AŞIRI FAZLA

@@ -123,6 +123,6 @@ lisansı altında lisanslanmak zorundadır.

This article was translated from english on 4/8/2019. Check the dates of the english article with this one in case any changes have been made. This translation might become outdated in the future.

- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/gzdoom.html b/articles/gzdoom.html index a0a6c9d..37b4cc0 100644 --- a/articles/gzdoom.html +++ b/articles/gzdoom.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

GZDoom

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- GZDoom Logo + GZDoom Logo

GZDoom is a source port of Doom based on an older source port, ZDoom.

@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ should make sure to compile it with the telemtery disabled, and you should make

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/hexchat.html b/articles/hexchat.html index 20ff296..aa27ac3 100644 --- a/articles/hexchat.html +++ b/articles/hexchat.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Hexchat

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- Hexchat Logo + Hexchat Logo

HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat, but unlike XChat it's completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems.

@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ Hexchat is not spyware in and of itself, however you can use it to connect to se

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/http.html b/articles/http.html index cc0b7ba..5c572cc 100644 --- a/articles/http.html +++ b/articles/http.html @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@

HyperText Transmission Protocol

- World Wide Web Consortum: The maintainers of the HTTP standard + World Wide Web Consortum: The maintainers of the HTTP standard

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HTTP is a protocol usually used for transferring HyperText Markup Language documents accross the internet. @@ -79,6 +79,6 @@ protocol, but allow the protocol compromise user privacy.

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/icecat.html b/articles/icecat.html index c8f2edc..eb23b0b 100644 --- a/articles/icecat.html +++ b/articles/icecat.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@

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Spanish Translation

- icecat Logo + icecat Logo

GNU IceCat is a web browser that is a fork of Firefox.

@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ GNU IceCat is a fork of Firefox that is more private and secure than Firefox and

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/icecat59.html b/articles/icecat59.html index 79d6765..1dfe8fb 100644 --- a/articles/icecat59.html +++ b/articles/icecat59.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

GNU IceCat (v59)

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- icecat Logo + icecat Logo

GNU IceCat is a web browser that is a fork of Firefox.

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ GNU IceCat is a fork of Firefox that is more private and secure than Firefox and Even though IceCat has better privacy features out of the box than Firefox, it still phones home by default to GNU, Mozilla, and Google. So, while it claims to respect your privacy, it doesn't take steps to stop spyware features like this.

- Icecat phoning home + Icecat phoning home

IceCat's privacy features

From gnu.org: @@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ GNU IceCat is a fork of Firefox that is more private and secure than Firefox and

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/icecat_es.html b/articles/icecat_es.html index 3dc866d..0177308 100644 --- a/articles/icecat_es.html +++ b/articles/icecat_es.html @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Back to catalog (Spanish)
English Translation

- icecat Logo + icecat Logo

GNU IceCat es un navegador web, derivado de Firefox.

@@ -38,6 +38,6 @@ GNU IceCat es un navegador web, derivado de F

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/instagram.html b/articles/instagram.html index 33ca803..7a70d28 100644 --- a/articles/instagram.html +++ b/articles/instagram.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@

Instagram

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- Instagram logo + Instagram logo

Instagram, developed by Facebook is designed to be a free smartphone app that allows users to post pictures and videos to a feed, much like any micro-blogging platform. It is popular among teenagers and millennials. In fact businesses are now getting into the Instagram scene and creating their own Instagram profiles.

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Whenever a user takes a picture on a modern smartphone, GPS Coordinates are stor

You Must Provide a Telephone Number or Email Address to Sign Up

In order to sign up for the app, you must provide either a telephone number or an email address. You will not be allowed to create an account if you don't provide a either one. This is obviously a method Instagram to uniquely identify you.

If you provided Instagram with a cellular telephone number and uninstalled the app, you will get constant nags to "see whats new on Instagram". Fortunately these nags will go away after about a month, and can be blocked by simply blocking the number

-screenshot +screenshot

It Broadcasts What You Do In The App To Other Users

Introduced in January 2018, Instagram sports a new spyware feature that broadcasts what you doing in the app to anyone that DMs you in the app[3]. But, it goes further, it reportedly also broadcasts what comments you read and what photos you like in the app. On microblogging platforms like Instagram, the majority of users like their actions to be private. A lot of users have complained about this feature and they stated that the feature is here to stay. Also, there is no way to disable this feature either.

@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ Whenever a user takes a picture on a modern smartphone, GPS Coordinates are stor

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/iridium.html b/articles/iridium.html index 9632541..7acabd4 100644 --- a/articles/iridium.html +++ b/articles/iridium.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

Iridium Browser

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- Iridium Logo + Iridium Logo

Iridium is a privacy-based fork of Google Chrome. From their website: "All modifications enhance the privacy of the user and make sure that the latest and best secure technologies are used. Automatic transmission of partial queries, keywords and metrics to central services is prevented and only occurs with the approval of the user." Unlike other browsers of its kind, this one is fully featured (has all the addons that are available for Chrome), and so is recommended for everyday usage.

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@

Iridium browser will make these requests to Google to update a blocklist of websites for its SafeBrowsing feature:

- Iridium safebrowsing requests + Iridium safebrowsing requests

Iridium browser will also download this blocklist from a mirror maintained by the developers. Since the web browser is awalys "phoning home" to either google or the developers servers, this is a form of spyware that can be used to monitor @@ -79,6 +79,6 @@

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/iron.html b/articles/iron.html index 922249f..6935318 100644 --- a/articles/iron.html +++ b/articles/iron.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

SRWare Iron

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- SRWare Iron Logo + SRWare Iron Logo

SRWare Iron is a free web browser, and an implementation of Chromium by SRWare of Germany.

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ After you've finished identifying your web browser to just about every single sp making internet searches with your new SRWare Iron browser. The default search engine is the spyware search engine Bing. However it's not enough to just point you at a spyware search engine... when you try and actually run a search on Bing, this is what happens:

- SRWare Iron redirecting through it's own servers + SRWare Iron redirecting through it's own servers

Basically, every time you make a search with this browser, your searches are sent through the developer's servers. So, the developer can know exactly what your internet history is, in this way. Your searches are also being sent through @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ Bing through it's own domains.

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/itunes.html b/articles/itunes.html index 98c4ffb..065a89a 100644 --- a/articles/itunes.html +++ b/articles/itunes.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

iTunes

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- itunes logo + itunes logo

iTunes is a media player, media library, Internet radio broadcaster, and mobile device management application developed by Apple Inc.

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ This spyware platform collects the following information from you + Itunes unsolictied network requests

Here[2] is a list of all of the domains that Itunes will connect too. So, whenever you start up Itunes, you are immediately checked into the botnet. It's not clarified exactly what Itunes is @@ -84,6 +84,6 @@ So, there can be no illusion or mistake about what happens to the information yo

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/ksp.html b/articles/ksp.html index 8278216..9bd596a 100644 --- a/articles/ksp.html +++ b/articles/ksp.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Kerbal Space Program

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- Kerbal Space Program Logo + Kerbal Space Program Logo

Kerbal Space Program is a space flight simulation video game developed and published by Squad, and currently owned by Take-Two Interactive.

@@ -179,6 +179,6 @@

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/nvidia.html b/articles/nvidia.html index 7ae66a9..b5b46ca 100644 --- a/articles/nvidia.html +++ b/articles/nvidia.html @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@

Nvidia Graphics Card Drivers

- Nvidia logo + Nvidia logo

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UNFINISHED ARTICLE- UNDER CONSTRUCTION

@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ This program is malware that is also developed by Nvidia as well, and has a huge range of serious privacy issues, including scanning and uploading information about the files onto your comptuer to Nvidia. (An article about GeForce Experience is planned)

- Nvidia driver installation screenshot + Nvidia driver installation screenshot

Nvidia drivers install telemetry services onto the host machine

When the installation is finished, these services will show up (This is on windows 7):

- Nvidia spyware services + Nvidia spyware services

These can at least be disabled like so:

- Nvidia spyware service disable + Nvidia spyware service disable

Sources

@@ -62,6 +62,6 @@

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/opera.html b/articles/opera.html index 1dd66fe..ae52d39 100644 --- a/articles/opera.html +++ b/articles/opera.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Opera

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- Images are in the /images folder + Images are in the /images folder

A web browser made by Opera Software, using the Blink engine. Has some interesting features like mouse gestures, a built-in ad blocker and VPN. It is the sixth most popular browser. But how does it look like in terms of privacy?

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@

Geolocation

-

The first request Opera makes is the geolocation request: which includes your country and the precise timestamp.

+

The first request Opera makes is the geolocation request: which includes your country and the precise timestamp.

Homepage request

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@

Opera will query OCSP servers (ocsp.comodoca.com) to check if SSL certificates expired.

Malware / Phishing protection

-

Anytime you visit a website, Opera will make a request like this: to check if it is malicious. So it is literally spying on your whole browsing history. Fortunately, this can be turned off.

+

Anytime you visit a website, Opera will make a request like this: to check if it is malicious. So it is literally spying on your whole browsing history. Fortunately, this can be turned off.

Other requests

@@ -78,6 +78,6 @@

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/otter.html b/articles/otter.html index e76c19a..ccb0f3f 100644 --- a/articles/otter.html +++ b/articles/otter.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Otter Browser

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- Otter Browser Logo + Otter Browser Logo

From their website: "Otter Browser aims to recreate the best aspects of the classic Opera (12.x) UI using Qt5." Their motto is: "Controlled by the user, not vice versa". Version tested: 0.9.12 (SlackBuild from slackbuilds.org). Program used for testing requests: Mitmproxy.

@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/paint.net.html b/articles/paint.net.html index 2bdc83f..3e9ce87 100644 --- a/articles/paint.net.html +++ b/articles/paint.net.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Paint.NET

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- logo + logo

Paint.NET is a freeware image editor program for Microsoft Windows.

@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ So the only way to avoid this is to block the program from accessing the interne

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/palemoon.html b/articles/palemoon.html index c9340e2..9bb741f 100644 --- a/articles/palemoon.html +++ b/articles/palemoon.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

Pale Moon

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Mitigation Guide

- Pale Moon logo + Pale Moon logo

Pale Moon is a fork of an old Firefox version, before the user interface change that put off many people. Version 28.4 was used to write this article. This article replaces an old article (here). @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ By default, Pale Moon's home page is set to https://palemoon.start.me, and it will automatically make a connection to it upon its first run. This page connects to Google Analytics, which can fingerprint and track you across the internet.

- Google Analyics requests sent by Pale Moon's default homepage + Google Analyics requests sent by Pale Moon's default homepage

Blocking privacy-enhancing addons

Pale Moon by default won't allow you to install the privacy-enhancing addon noscript, citing this rationale for @@ -64,6 +64,6 @@ NoScript will cause display issues and functional issues. " If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), contact us on XMPP over in spyware@conference.nuegia.net, or visit us at the git repo on Codeberg. All contributions must be liscenced under the CC0 liscence to be accepted.

- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/palemoon_old.html b/articles/palemoon_old.html index 0a80d52..8ecbe25 100644 --- a/articles/palemoon_old.html +++ b/articles/palemoon_old.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

Pale Moon

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- Pale Moon logo + Pale Moon logo

Pale Moon is a fork of an old Firefox version, before the user interface change that put off many people. But is it a worthy alternative to FF in terms of privacy? Versions 27.7.2 and 28.1.0 were both tested for this article.

@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@ privacy-concerned users, and would rather allow websites to execute malicious EC

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/articles/poweriso.html b/articles/poweriso.html index 84af4d5..8e2c297 100644 --- a/articles/poweriso.html +++ b/articles/poweriso.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@

PowerISO

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- PowerISO logo + PowerISO logo

PowerISO is a CD / DVD / BD image file processing tool.

@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ When you try to download this program off of the developer's website ( + PowerISO install button running scripts- caught by noscript.

Attempting to install a chrome extenison

I could not manage to download this program with a Firefox-based browser so I used a Chrome-Based browser to download it. Once I had enabled JavaScript and executed all of the spyware involved, it attempted to get me to install this chrome extension:

- PowerISO attempt to install a chrome extension + PowerISO attempt to install a chrome extension

While this is not a review of search manager, it's worth noting that this extension is known adware at least, and who knows what else it does. Any searches about this extension should explain this. But at the very least, assuming that you didn't install any spyware yet, you at least have the PowerISO installer... @@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ extension should explain this. But at the very least, assuming that you didn't i

Once you run the PowerISO installer, it will attempt to install the following progams on your computer:

- PowerISO attempt to install spyware 1 - PowerISO attempt to install spyware 2 + PowerISO attempt to install spyware 1 + PowerISO attempt to install spyware 2

Which both look very shady. CDex also seems to be using this same tactic and installer software.
Now, to top it all off, the PowerISO installer will also phone home to some Amazon Servers:

- PowerISO installer phoning home + PowerISO installer phoning home

This article was created on 10/7/2018 @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ extension should explain this. But at the very least, assuming that you didn't i

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/qutebrowser.html b/articles/qutebrowser.html index 6798af1..e4dc076 100644 --- a/articles/qutebrowser.html +++ b/articles/qutebrowser.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Qutebrowser

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- Qutebrowser Logo + Qutebrowser Logo

From their website: "qutebrowser is a keyboard-focused browser with a minimal GUI. It's based on Python and PyQt5 and free software, licensed under the GPL." Program tested: v1.3.0 for Windows 7 64-bit. Mitmproxy was used to check for connections.

@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@ nothing to complain about from a privacy standpoint. (although I don't really kn

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/razer.html b/articles/razer.html index 193a285..f9e2478 100644 --- a/articles/razer.html +++ b/articles/razer.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@

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English Translation

- +

Razer es una compañía que hace programas y hardware para videojugadores

Nivel de spyware: EXTREMADAMENTE ALTO

Información que recolecta

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@

Razer tambien admite[1] [2] que vende los datos de los usuarios

También dice que los empleados pueden ver esos datos.

Razer te obliga a crear una cuenta para usar sus productos

- +

¿Dónde está el botón para iniciar sesión en otro momento?

Sin una cuenta, no puedes configurar ni tu teclado ni tu ratón, no puedes cambiar el DPI del ratón (A no ser que haya un botón en el ratón para eso)

Basicamente, cada vez que abras el software para cambiar el color del ratón o lo que sea, Razer recibirá tus datos.

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/razer_en.html b/articles/razer_en.html index fc88059..3f36f83 100644 --- a/articles/razer_en.html +++ b/articles/razer_en.html @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Back to catalog
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- +

Razer is a company that makes software and hardware for gamers.

Spyware level: EXTREMELY HIGH

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Razer also admits[1][2] that they sell users' info. They also claim that the employees can see this data. Razer FORCES you to create an account to use YOUR products.

- +

Where is the option "Sign in later" at? Without an account, you CAN'T configure your keyboard, change your mouse DPI and RGB configuration and such, this means that the configurations you set to your (Razer) peripherals are in somebody's @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/realplayer.html b/articles/realplayer.html index 78463d9..c2fe5c1 100644 --- a/articles/realplayer.html +++ b/articles/realplayer.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

RealPlayer

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- realplayer logo + realplayer logo

RealPlayer, formerly RealAudio Player, RealOne Player and RealPlayer G2, is a cross-platform media player app, developed by RealNetworks.

@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ receive a higher rating or a diffrent advisory: Do not use th

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/redshell.html b/articles/redshell.html index e09f921..79e3ddb 100644 --- a/articles/redshell.html +++ b/articles/redshell.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Redshell

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- redshell Logo + redshell Logo

Redshell is a spyware platform that is integrated into many video games.

@@ -81,6 +81,6 @@ avoided entirely.

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/slimjet.html b/articles/slimjet.html index 0761cf1..5d06f95 100644 --- a/articles/slimjet.html +++ b/articles/slimjet.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Slimjet

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- slimjet Logo + slimjet Logo

Slimjet is a clone of the SlimBrowser web browser from FlashPeak that uses the Chromium as a base.

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ services. Slimjet claims to be concerned about privacy but ultimately retains ju Even though on its site, FlashPeak claims that: "Slimjet doesn't send any usage data back to Google like Chrome."[1] the moment I turn it on with MITMproxy running, I am greeted with this:

- Slimjet sending requests to all sorts of google services + Slimjet sending requests to all sorts of google services

So, this claim just isn't true at all. It's still got a lot of Google's spyware in it, if it's still connecting to so many Google services. What's kind of surprising is that it didn't seem connect to any servers explicitly operated by FlashPeak when I was testing it. Even though, it claims to collect information about it's users for internal usage.[2] So, it must be phoning home as well as sending information to Google. Maybe it sends information through some kind of Google web service?

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ services. Slimjet claims to be concerned about privacy but ultimately retains ju "served from fpseek.com" which means that not only are you exposing your information to Bing, this is also being logged by fpseek, which has it's own privacy policy[3]. Whenever you search something using the default search engine, requests are sent to both Bing and fpseek.

- Fpseek connection + Fpseek connection

So, not only are you sharing everything with Microsoft, now there is another company looking at all of your searches. This is a uniquely bad default search engine because of how much information it leaks out. Fpseek itself is a company that seems to be tracking how users interact @@ -55,14 +55,14 @@ services. Slimjet claims to be concerned about privacy but ultimately retains ju When you start Slimjet, it will begin using the BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service) which is designed to use spare bandwidth to transfer updates and other information. These requests are sent between Slimjet and a Google server, with confirmation from Process Monitor and MITMproxy:

- Bits1 - Bits2 - Bits3 + Bits1 + Bits2 + Bits3

Personal information was censored from these images. It's unclear what this is for specifically but this is probably being done to implement the "CLOUD SYNC OF BOOKMARK & DATA" that is advertised on Slimjet's website. This is probably how they upload all of your search history and bookmarks into their cloud services, which seem to be provided by Google. There are no other features or requests made that would require large amounts of data to be sent too an external server in this way, so by process of elimination this is my theory as to how it's implemented.

- cloud sync feature + cloud sync feature

Obviously you can tell that any kind of service to sync your search history "in the cloud" is a privacy nightmare. Now both Google and Slimjet have access to your search history...

@@ -88,6 +88,6 @@ services. Slimjet claims to be concerned about privacy but ultimately retains ju

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/snapchat.html b/articles/snapchat.html index adb0f21..3e81a37 100644 --- a/articles/snapchat.html +++ b/articles/snapchat.html @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@

Snapchat

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- Snapchat Logo + Snapchat Logo

Snapchat, developed by Snap Inc is designed to be a free, and fun smartphone app to send messages as "Snaps" to your friends. It is popular among teenagers and millennials, however older people have started using the app too.

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ For a simple social media app, Snapchat demands too many permissions. When I tes

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/sphere.html b/articles/sphere.html index d4cd8a3..bc25d65 100644 --- a/articles/sphere.html +++ b/articles/sphere.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@

Sphere Browser

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- sphere browser logo + sphere browser logo

Sphere Browser is a privacy-focused web Browser made by Tenebris.

@@ -27,14 +27,14 @@ the internet in a rather easy way- and then it by default loads the site f centeralized way, and even includes a tracking pixel from the getclicky analytics service. If you want to use this browser, you really should not be using this default homepage. It contrasts with the privacy features of the browser rather poorly.

- getclicky tracking pixel on the sphere browser default homepage + getclicky tracking pixel on the sphere browser default homepage

JavaScript from an Analytics company on the download site

Another problem is, you need to load JavaScript to download the browser itself at sphere.tenebris.cc/, which tries to load JS code from Tenebris as well as JavaScript from the same analytics company that has the tracking pixel on f.vision. Why are these analytics here if the browser is so focused on privacy?

- getclicky tracking JS on the sphere browser download page + getclicky tracking JS on the sphere browser download page
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ is so focused on privacy?

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/steam.html b/articles/steam.html index ea569b3..5197ff4 100644 --- a/articles/steam.html +++ b/articles/steam.html @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@

Steam

Back to catalog

- Steam logo + Steam logo

Steam is a video game launching service, digital content store, DRM platform, file sharing platform, and Social Network created by Valve.

@@ -108,6 +108,6 @@ Steam contains spyware features that allow it to update itself without user veri

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence diff --git a/articles/systemd.html b/articles/systemd.html index 13252a0..d288bb9 100644 --- a/articles/systemd.html +++ b/articles/systemd.html @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ But I don't want to call them "sources" or anything because what they talk about

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence
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