I agree. Fundamentally, you still need good distros to plug into distrobox to make swapping between immutable systems quicker. In general I feel like running Fedora Atomic has really opened my eyes to the possibilities of using distrobox + boxbuddy to get quick and easy installs from AUR or something and saving annoying-to-make configs in a backup file somewhere.
Atomic is also absolutely fantastic for throwing on an old computer that you use rarely. The update will not break after letting it sit for so long without them.
Mullvad is much better privacy wise than Librewolf, its also snappier and has faster security and privacy updates. The only thing you really lose out on is Firefox sync (if you enabled it on Librewolf). The new identity button helps you reset to a stock state and allows you to circumvent fingerprinting (such as the fingerprinting used for enforcing bans) trivially. Mullvad takes Tor Browser's approach to heart, while Librewolf takes Arkenfox's changes to heart. Its factual that Tor Browser is the most private browser, so emulating aspects of it is certainly the way to go.
Some things you will probably find annoying:
Its so good at stock that you shouldn't customize it much if you don't know what you're doing.
Letterboxing is hard to get used to
Without nonstock modifications, its not suitable as a daily driver in my opinion, its a privacy tool first and foremost with stock settings. When you make it nonstock, it becomes very good as a daily driver but you really must be as minimalist as possible in your alterations. Take only what you desperately need, and make sure your settings do not interfere with the normal function of incognito mode which will essentially set the browser back to stock for you fingerprint wise by disabling cookies, history, extra addons, etc.
Some things you will like:
Librewolf is sort of bloated feeling stock. It doesn'f feel as quick and snappy as Mullvad does.
They have big egos. You need to be sure they're an avid poster and will respond to what you say. There's also the public aspect, they don't like having something awful they've done brought up in a community they like. You can set up a bot to post things like "Hey remember that time you sexually harassed a woman 20 years younger than you and a court ruled against you" as soon as they post an AMA so it'll be the top comment. Reddit really hates when you use bots like this and will likely remove the comment after it gets a lot of attention which further inflames other people against the target.
A lot of this requires practice to get good at heckling. It's all a case by case basis. You should always be aware of your audience and what the audience finds most unacceptable about someone's behavior.
I've learned how to get under rich people's skin and in my free time when I'm bored I harass them. It's an unguilty pleasure of mine. It brings me great joy to see a multimillionaire or a transphobe so pissed about something I said that they complain to spez to get me banned.
I also just have a general interest in security and privacy, sometimes I just do things like spam an ad site to see how long it takes to react.
Quite a lot of it is tor stuff with (edit:) some arkenfox slapped on. Most of the config are Tor base, Ublock added, and it has a New Identity feature that is similar to Tor. Biggest benefit is being able to use a comparatively much speedier VPN with it over Tor's proxies. For the most private setup, you should run it stock with Mullvad's VPN service, but I've found it works great with Proton VPN and IVPN as well. Personally, I have very sensitive eyes so I cannot run it with only stock, I need Dark Reader and uBlock at the minimum, and Sponsorblock and anything else is simply a nice thing to have.
I've been testing it on many sites and the amount of extra info from addons is very small and few sites keep track of it in my real world testing. It is readable though and a few can notice the difference, and its mostly financial sites that you need to use real ID for anyways.
They do not unfortunately, I desperately wish they did. The best options on mobile right now for a Firefox based privacy browser are IronFox and Tor Browser for Android. Personally, I don't think either of these are as polished and as snappy as Mullvad Browser on desktop. I think the chrome based browsers are more battery efficient as well, so its unfortunately best to go with them for now I think if you want privacy and efficiency at the same time. Of course, if you want to maximize anonymity you should always run base Tor Browser, but it is not fast and suitable for daily browsing imo, Tor Browser is for specific use cases where you need to maximize anonymity or to change IP from your vpn or local ip for some reason.
If I were to recommend an Android browser, it'd probably be GrapheneOS's Vanadium (can only get it stock on Graphene) with RethinkDNS's adblocking and tracking filters and Cromite barring that. Neither of these are as good as Mullvad Browser on Desktop in terms of its speed and privacy benefits, though. Mullvad Browser is truly the crème de la crème for everyday sensible privacy use cases.
The post he responded to came from Tariq Ra’ouf, who shared a video about the situation. Ra’ouf said Rowling’s support of the ruling was “that awful disgusting s–t, that has consequences.” Pascal agreed, repeating, “Awful disgusting S–T is exactly right,” and added, “Heinous LOSER behavior.”
Is it just me or did this outlet censor the word to make it look like "slut"
Lmao OK. I was looking at new phones coming out and all the Chinese phones have ultra thin 7000mah silicon carbon batteries that can operate in a wide range of temps while the average western phone has dogshit 4000mah lithium ion that degrades at 30c.
For the record you can exclude certain countries from your tor options. I am of the opinion that most people aren't going to need to avoid government stuff, but if you do, exclude, say, 5 eyes countries if you live in one. It'll make it quite hard for them to get the full picture
Mullvad and Tor and it isn't close. I use it to circumvent bans on social media when I say something too communist. Don't alter it with addons in any way its perfect as it is.
If google, reddit, facebook, etc. can't figure out I'm circumventing them I consider that good enough.
I also like Mullvad for most cases it has adblock by default which lowers the annoyances.
Many websites will be pissy if you're secure as possible. Tor and Mullvad browser make them very pissy often. Its best to have a backup browser for that and normal activities. Librewolf and Ungoogled Chromium are good choices there. More secure, but fingerprintable enough that sites don't get pissy.
Though this was after I gained mod access to the transgender comms and banned like 100 transphobes from viewing it. Lemmy.world is filled with reactionary shitheads in general.
I agree. Fundamentally, you still need good distros to plug into distrobox to make swapping between immutable systems quicker. In general I feel like running Fedora Atomic has really opened my eyes to the possibilities of using distrobox + boxbuddy to get quick and easy installs from AUR or something and saving annoying-to-make configs in a backup file somewhere.
Atomic is also absolutely fantastic for throwing on an old computer that you use rarely. The update will not break after letting it sit for so long without them.