diff --git a/articles/bing.html b/articles/bing.html index 032cf76..889e254 100644 --- a/articles/bing.html +++ b/articles/bing.html @@ -1,14 +1,13 @@ - + - Spyware Watchdog + Bing - Spyware Watchdog -

Bing

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Bing logo +

Bing

Bing is a search engine created and owned by Microsoft.

@@ -70,6 +69,7 @@ Bing is a search engine created and owned by Microsoft. their products, or other sites and apps serviced by these partners are more relevant and valuable to you. "

+

Sources

1. @@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ Bing is a search engine created and owned by Microsoft.

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- CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence +

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- + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/articles/brave.html b/articles/brave.html index 0daff3e..2e49c18 100644 --- a/articles/brave.html +++ b/articles/brave.html @@ -1,16 +1,17 @@ - + - Spyware Watchdog + Outdated Brave - Spyware Watchdog -

Brave Browser

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Brave logo +

Brave Browser

+

Note: This article is outdated. I will try to update it soon.

+

- 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. + 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] With the built-in privacy protections, some would seem to agree with that. Let's see how it stacks up when we take everything into account.

Spyware Level: High

@@ -27,10 +28,15 @@ "Loading a script from an edge-cache does not track a user without third-party cookies or equivalent browser-local storage, which Brave always blocks and always will block. In other words, sending requests and receiving responses without cookies or other means of identifying users does not necessarily create a tracking threat." [7]

- This statement is just, completely wrong. Just because a website isn't able to store cookies, does not mean that it cannot uniquely identify you. Executing JavaScript spyware from Facebook and Twitter is more than enough. Blocking cookies is not going to stop them from tracking you. This isn't even information that is difficult to verify. There are many websites that you can visit, right now, to see just how much information a JavaScript program designed to track you can get. Here are a few: + This statement is just, completely wrong. Just because a website isn't able to store cookies, does not mean that it cannot uniquely identify you. Executing JavaScript spyware from Facebook and Twitter is more than enough. Blocking cookies is not going to stop them from tracking you. This isn't even information that is difficult to verify. There are many websites that you can visit right now, to see just how much information a JavaScript program designed to track you can get. +

+
+

+ Here are a few:
https://browserleaks.com/
- https://panopticlick.eff.org/ + https://panopticlick.eff.org/
+

Auto-updates

@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@

"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

@@ -52,16 +58,17 @@

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 this site 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).

+

Credits

This article was written by digdeeper.neocities.org
@@ -111,7 +118,8 @@

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Comparison between web browsers

-

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This purpose of this article is not to rate each web browser in a vaccum, like articles on this website that focus on one specific web browser, but rather to compare all of the web browsers that have been rated on this website against each other. This is a ranking that is based on how much Pirvacy a browser offers by default, as well as, how @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ going to be better to pick a browser higher on this list.

Dissenter
-

Shit tier - No Privacy

+

Rock Bottom - No Privacy

These browsers are unashamedly designed to collect as much information about the user as possible (all are rated EXTREMELY HIGH by the site). Only SRWare Iron has it's source code availible, and all the developers have mistreated their users (complete disregard for privacy and / or false advertising) for a long time. These browsers are actively hostile against their users and thus should not be used at all.

@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ going to be better to pick a browser higher on this list.

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CCleaner

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CCleaner

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

@@ -23,7 +22,7 @@ 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

@@ -68,7 +67,8 @@ where it provides one privacy policy for every single product its company offers

In the past, CCleaner has been compromised and backdoors have been added to it.[1]

-
+
+

Sources

1. @@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ In the past, CCleaner has been compromised and backdoors have been added to it.<

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CDex

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CDex

CDex is an Open Source Digital Audio CD Extractor.

@@ -25,8 +24,9 @@ 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

1. @@ -41,6 +41,8 @@

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- + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/articles/chrome.html b/articles/chrome.html index 51c797e..3c6488b 100644 --- a/articles/chrome.html +++ b/articles/chrome.html @@ -1,26 +1,20 @@ - + - Spyware Watchdog + Google Chrome - Spyware Watchdog -

Google Chrome

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- Spanish Translation - [qorg.xyz] - [4knomcor76uif5na.onion] - [archive.is] -

chrome logo +

Google Chrome

+
+ Spanish Translation +

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

Spyware Level: EXTREMELY HIGH

-

-This program is spyware because... -

Google Chrome is not fully open source

Large parts of Google Chrome are open source, however not all of them are, and this prevents people from checking the entire software for potential spyware features that are not disclosed. @@ -70,6 +64,7 @@ According to the privacy policy[1], Google Chrome pr Google Chrome has an updater which is constantly running in the background and syncing with Google servers to check for updates. The updater will download and run unverified binaries from Google when it updates Google Chrome. It is impossible for an automatic updater service such as this to verify that the updates are not spyware and/or do not contain additional spyware features.

+

Further Reading

Reasons not to use Google @@ -111,6 +106,8 @@ Google Chrome has an updater which is constantly running in the background and s

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- + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/articles/chrome_es.html b/articles/chrome_es.html index f9bf0cd..49f7698 100644 --- a/articles/chrome_es.html +++ b/articles/chrome_es.html @@ -1,37 +1,31 @@ - + - Spyware Watchdog + Google Chrome - Spyware Watchdog -

Google Chrome

-

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- Back to catalog (Spanish)
- English Translation
- Mirrors: - [qorg.xyz] - [qorglaofrwqdj4is.onion] - [archive.is]

chrome logo +

Google Chrome

+
+ English Translation
+

Google Chrome es un navegador web desarollado y distribuido por Google

Nivel de spyware: EXTREMADAMENTE ALTO

-

Este programa es spyware porque...

Google Chrome no es completamente libre

Muchas partes de Google Chrome son libres, pero no todas de estas lo son. y esto no permite que se compruebe que no es spyware

Google Chrome rastrea el historial

-Google Chrome contiene mucho spyware que responden en el historial de la busqueda de usuario. Esto es confirmado en la política de privacidad de Google Chrome[1]
+

Google Chrome contiene mucho spyware que responden en el historial de la busqueda de usuario. Esto es confirmado en la política de privacidad de Google Chrome[1]

La primera caracteristia de spyware de Chrome es la integración con la "Cuenta de Google" (Que es spyware en si). Explica que: "Cuando buscas usando la barra de direccion de google, los caracteres que has escrito (incluso si no has pulsado enter todavia) son enviados a tu motor de busqueda. Si Google es tu motor de busqueda por defecto, las predicciones estan basadas en tus busquedas

-

- Encima tiene otro spyware llamado "Asistencia de naveegacion" que dice que "Cuando no puedes conectarte a una página web, puedes obtener sugerencias para páginas alternativas (Vamos, que Google Chrome envía la dirección a la que has intentado entrar para darte otra

-Google Chrome recopila el uso de tu ordenador + Encima tiene otro spyware llamado "Asistencia de naveegacion" que dice que "Cuando no puedes conectarte a una página web, puedes obtener sugerencias para páginas alternativas (Vamos, que Google Chrome envía la dirección a la que has intentado entrar para darte otra +Google Chrome recopila el uso de tu ordenador

En la política de privacidad Google admite el estupidamente alto spyware llamado "Estadisticas de uso y reportes de errores fatales" Lo que hace es recopilar (y enviar) informacion de tu ordenador extremadamente especifica sobre tu hardware y el uso de tu ordenador, y obviamente, tiene esto

- It is highly recommended to also check other user.js template settings from ongoing "ghacks-user.js project"[1] for further hardening Firefox privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting. + It is highly recommended to also check other user.js template settings from ongoing "ghacks-user.js project"[4] for further hardening Firefox privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting.


Run firefox -no-remote -ProfileManager again and start the profile you created. Delete any others if needed. Check to make sure, after the first start, that another profile which does not use ghacks was not created by Firefox.

@@ -114,24 +113,28 @@ finish setting Firefox up. Librewolf is less of a guide and more of a project and series of tools and settings you can download to help you make Firefox private.

+
    -
  1. Privacy Related "about:config" Tweaks to Firefox [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
    2. -
  2. Firefox Privacy – The Complete How-To Guide [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
    3. -
  3. Librewolf, Firefox with privacy enhancements
    4. + 1.Privacy Related "about:config" Tweaks to Firefox [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
    + 2.Firefox Privacy – The Complete How-To Guide [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
    + 3.Librewolf, Firefox with privacy enhancements

Sources

    -
  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firefox_logo,_2019.svg (Firefox Logo)
    2. -
  2. ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
    3. -
  3. https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/README.md
    4. + 4.ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
    + 5.https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/README.md
+

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+

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- + \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/guides/firefox_es.html b/guides/firefox_es.html index 75478bf..f718c3c 100644 --- a/guides/firefox_es.html +++ b/guides/firefox_es.html @@ -8,16 +8,17 @@
- ← Home - Firefox →
- Firefox Logo + Firefox Logo

Guía de Mitigación de Spyware para Mozilla Firefox

+
+ English Translation +

Esta guía fue elaborada utilizando la versión 74 de Firefox.

Después de configurar Firefox con el script ghacks-user.js su clasificación de spyware cambia, por lo que pasa a ser:

Nivel de Spyware: Alto → No Es Spyware

-

El script ghacks-user.js es una plantilla que clama mejorar la privacidad y seguridad tanto como sea posible, así como reducir el rastreo y el fingerprinting - intentando minimizar cualquier pérdida de funcionalidad y errores (aunque si se provocarán algunos).[2]

+

El script ghacks-user.js es una plantilla que clama mejorar la privacidad y seguridad tanto como sea posible, así como reducir el rastreo y el fingerprinting - intentando minimizar cualquier pérdida de funcionalidad y errores (aunque si se provocarán algunos).[5]


Antes de comenzar, es importante hacer mención de otras guías de mitigación, de esta forma @@ -99,7 +100,7 @@

  • webcompat@mozilla.org.xpi - Web Compatibility Reporter

    • - También es altamente recomendado buscar templates de user.js, como el "ghacks-user.js project"[1] para aumentar la privacidad de Firefox, así como su seguridad y técnicas anti-fingerprinting (rastreo) + También es altamente recomendado buscar templates de user.js, como el "ghacks-user.js project"[4] para aumentar la privacidad de Firefox, así como su seguridad y técnicas anti-fingerprinting (rastreo)


    Por último, ejecuta el comando firefox -no-remote -ProfileManager nuevamente y abre el perfil que creaste. Elimina los otros perfiles si es necesario. También, para mayor seguridad, verifica que después de inciar el navegador, Firefox no ha creado nuevos perfiles.

    @@ -112,17 +113,17 @@ no es exactamente una guía, pero sí un proyecto y una serie de herramientas y configuraciones que puedes descargar para hacer Firefox más privado.

    +
      -
    1. Privacy Related "about:config" Tweaks to Firefox [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
      2. -
    2. Firefox Privacy – The Complete How-To Guide [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
      3. -
    3. Librewolf, Firefox con mejoras de privacidad
      4. + 1.Privacy Related "about:config" Tweaks to Firefox [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
      + 2.Firefox Privacy – The Complete How-To Guide [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
      + 3.Librewolf, Firefox con mejoras de privacidad

    Referencias

      -
    1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Firefox_logo,_2019.svg (Logotipo de Firefox)
      2. -
    2. ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
      3. -
    3. https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/README.md
      4. + 4.ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
      + 5.https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/README.md

    @@ -133,7 +134,9 @@ 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 licensed under the CC0 license to be accepted.

    CC0 Liscence +

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    Iridium Browser Spyware Mitigation Guide

    -

    - Back to Home
    - Back to Iridium -

    +

    Iridium Browser Spyware Mitigation Guide

    After configuring Iridium according to this guide it's rating changes like so:

    @@ -22,15 +18,15 @@ while you turn it off, so it doesn't make any requests before you opt-out. Then uncheck "protect you and your device from dangerous sites" in the advanced settings menu.

    - disabling safebrowsing from the advanced settings menu -
    -

    - -

    -

    + disabling safebrowsing from the advanced settings menu +

    +
    +

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    - CC0 Liscence + CC0 Liscence +

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    -
    - ← Home - NetSurf →
    Images are in the ../images folder

    Netsurf Spyware Mitigation Guide

    +

    This guide was tested using Netsurf 3.9.

    +

    Spyware Level: Low → Not Spyware

    Mitigation Method 1:

    This method is rather simple, change the default search engine and the request to google will no longer happen, if you wish you can do this with the internet disconnected, that will prevent an initial request.

    @@ -25,15 +24,18 @@
    -

    Sources:

    +

    Sources

    +
      -
    1. Patch [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
      2. + 1.Patch [web.archive.org] [archive.is]
    +

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    All contributions must be licensed under the CC0 licensed to be accepted.

    CC0 License +

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    diff --git a/images/web_browser_logo.png b/images/web_browser_logo.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4617ee6 Binary files /dev/null and b/images/web_browser_logo.png differ diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 3ed07f5..95b691f 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
    Articles - Neocities Mirror + Neocities Mirror Tor Mirror Misc
    diff --git a/misc.html b/misc.html index 9df9ab3..642ffa3 100644 --- a/misc.html +++ b/misc.html @@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
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    ← Home

    Misc Page

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    - +
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    + diff --git a/style2.css b/style2.css index 8190f20..1668618 100644 --- a/style2.css +++ b/style2.css @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ body { margin: 0; padding: 0; - background: black; - color: #F5F5F5; - font-family: "sans"; + background: url("images/blackbg.jpg"); + color: white; } p { max-width: 780px; @@ -43,7 +42,10 @@ img { width: 155px; } .icon { - width: 77px + width: 77px; +} +.screenshot { + width: 780px; } hr { border: 1px solid #1A1A1A; @@ -132,3 +134,13 @@ ol { margin-top: 1vh; text-align: center; } +li { + max-width: 800px; + margin-left: 30%; + margin-right: auto; +} +xmp { + max-width: 800px; + margin-left: 20%; + margin-right: auto; +} \ No newline at end of file