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DavideNL··on Search for everyone
> "The second is the requirement to install a browser extension in order to search from the unified search/url bar."

That's definitely possible without installing an extension, you can add any search engine you want:

https://help.kagi.com/kagi/getting-started/setting-default/f...

DavideNL··on Kitty 0.50
I went from Yakuake to Ghostty, and now simply use a keyboard shortcut+shell script to toggle the Ghostty window with `kdotool`...
DavideNL··on Kitty 0.50
How so?
DavideNL··on uBlock Origin filter to block autoplay videos in TechCrunch
Note that an alternative in those situations is using uBlock Origin instead of NoScript, and then configure "Medium Mode" [1]

So, when blocking javascript (which uBo can also do of course) does not work, enable javascript with Medium Mode (blocks 3th party scripts and frames.)

(personally i use Librewolf.)

[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode#medium-...

DavideNL··on Proton's AI manifesto for software engineering
This is a dupe of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50330353
DavideNL··on It wasn't AI that flipped Proton's charge
Could be https://mailbox.org/en/
DavideNL··on Proton goes all in on using AI
Well, alternatively there's also AI services with better privacy than the mainstream ones, for example: https://confer.to/
DavideNL··on Shitter – A Nitter Fork
also useful, "LibRedirect": https://libredirect.manerakai.com/

> "A web extension that redirects YouTube, Instagram, Reddit, TikTok and other websites to alternative privacy-friendly frontends."

DavideNL··on Fingerprints are the new cookies
> "What JShelter configuration should I pick?

https://jshelter.org/faq/#what-jshelter-configuration-should... :

First, see our blog post. Consult also other blog posts and other questions in this FAQ.

If you want to have the same fingerprint as many users, We suggest going for Tor Browser (do not install JShelter in Tor Browser). If you want to make cross-site fingerprinting linkage hard, go for the Recommended JShelter level. If you want better protection for the real data at the cost of having the same fingerprint on different sites, go for the Strict JShelter level. Keep NBS active. If you want to detect and prevent fingerprinting attempts, use FPD.

DavideNL··on European Alternatives
Not OP, but the Proton UX / UI is far superior to Mailbox.org - which i personally find hard to navigate and disorganized...
DavideNL··on Show HN: Proton Drive for Linux
Wait, you can mount your Proton Drive with rclone? Hah, never knew. It's in Beta apparently though: https://rclone.org/protondrive/
DavideNL··on Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back
So would the restrictions in this profile, or some parts of it, work on iOS?

(without the other part of the code, that removes the model files of course...)

DavideNL··on Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back
> "You can indeed disable it"

This is a misperception.

The things you mention only disable some parts of Apple Intelligence...

DavideNL··on macOS 27 is so buggy
I bought a Linux laptop about a year ago and installed EndeavourOS (Arch based) with the KDE desktop environment. I expected a "rougher" experience, but it turned out to be more stable than my Macbook Pro Max M1: the exact opposite of what I anticipated.

My Macbook constantly suffers from window management issues, network related bugs, etc. Also i usually wait about a year or so before doing major macOS upgrades to prevent even more problems.

(of course I'm not implying Linux is issue-free... your mileage may vary.)

DavideNL··on PipePipe: NewPipe hard fork implementing SponsorBlock
I use Firefox (and Librewolf), and have no issues.

So, it must be some extension or content blocker list causing that issue?

DavideNL··on F-Droid 2.0
You mean whether the KOreader software can upgrade itself over Wi-Fi? Yes... it can.
DavideNL··on Why is Hacker News like that?
https://hcker.news/ seems to show flagged posts also by default. This post is on the front page too.
DavideNL··on Grok 4.7
100% agree. It speaks volumes that HN down-votes this...
DavideNL··on RSA-896
More details: https://archive.li/20260920025515/https://x.com/sweis/status...
DavideNL··on Mistral X Mozilla: Private, Multilingual AI Browsing
The problem is, many of the privacy invading "features" are opt-out, instead of opt-in...

https://privacytests.org/

DavideNL··on Mistral X Mozilla: Private, Multilingual AI Browsing
Fyi, you may want to check out Librewolf: https://librewolf.net/
DavideNL··on Registration without a phone number on Signal will use zero-knowledge proofs
I wish Delta Chat would have a more polished UI... the poor UI / design makes the app unappealing.
DavideNL··on Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?
https://hcker.news/ > settings > quick filters > AI

There's also an extension and rss feeds.

DavideNL··on The ColorChecker, photography's most important 24 squares, turns 50
> "read the full dpreview article due to ad-induced nausea"

lol, made me chuckle.

Tip:

1. install "uBlock Origin", and configure it to "Medium Mode" [1]

2. Install "Obsidian Web Clipper" and use the "Reading View" button to read articles [2]

Trust me, you'll love it.

[1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Blocking-mode#medium-...

[2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-clipper-o...

DavideNL··on Proton Global Outage
Fyi: this is a bug. Workaround: disable your Wi-Fi (yes, seriously.) Note that you can easily test if this works of course…
DavideNL··on Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?
What i don't understand is, why Proton Authenticator, which can also sync your 2fa accounts to Proton servers, does not have a separate password (from Proton Pass.)

So anyone who gains access to your Proton Pass account credentials, automatically gets access to your synced 2FA codes too

And obviously you would want to enable syncing your 2fa accounts, in case your device gets stolen / broken / etc.

So the only solution seems to use another 2FA App from another developer.

https://proton.me/authenticator

DavideNL··on Ask HN: Advice on Migrating from 1Password?
> "Pass should have had it's own credentials. "

It has it's own credentials, it's optional: https://proton.me/support/pass-extra-password

DavideNL··on Introducing Ad Blocker for Firefox on iOS
Aren't they like 10+ years late with this? So after all this time, Mozilla comes with a minimal ad-blocker that hardly blocks anything (easylist only, and worse [1] ), compared to all other ad-blockers that have been available on iOS for many years.

I don't understand, maybe i'm missing something...

[1] "Ad Blocker won’t block every ad. Ads served directly by the site you’re visiting and ads shown in search results will still appear."

DavideNL··on Stopping the smart TV from being used against you
I also had to read it twice, if i understand correctly:

If i understand correctly:

1. TV is offline

2. Plug HDMI or DisplayPort into laptop

3. Windows (Update) on laptop recommends to install LG display driver

4. The LG display driver then installs all the bloat

DavideNL··on Proton Global Outage
Ah, k. It's enabled by default in the Proton Pass App.

But not in the browser extension apparently, assuming you are correct.

https://proton.me/support/how-to-use-proton-pass-desktop-app...

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