TWeaK

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TWeaK , to Privacy in VLC - App stores were a mistake

I agree, I mean it kind of sounds like they have something dodgy they're about to put out but they're playing silly buggers and trying to deflect the blame, else they would have released already and pointed to the lack of a store release as the stores' problem.

TWeaK , to Curated Tumblr in Tumblr's geographical offences (Open post for more images)

Desktop website. The images are there, but there's no way to expand. In particular, the main post image (rather than the ones in the post text) never expands right.

Hopefully the new UI's that people are making (shout out to /u/sunaurus@lemm.ee with his next-ui) will fix some of these issues.

TWeaK , to Privacy in VLC - App stores were a mistake

Pretty sure they're signed by Microsoft instead? At least that's what other app stores do.

It's all a game of shifting the point of trust around. Personally, I'd trust most small time developers more than the likes of Microsoft and Google, however I'd trust Fdroid more than unknown developers (but still go direct to the developers I do trust).

TWeaK , to Curated Tumblr in Tumblr's geographical offences (Open post for more images)

One thing that annoys me about lemmy is that images are always shrunk down to a certain size limit, then there's no way to expand them without opening the image in a new tab.

TWeaK , to Privacy in VLC - App stores were a mistake

Yes, but only because it's Google. Fdroid do exactly the same thing in their repo.

The idea behind it is sound, because otherwise you're putting all your trust in the app developer. By having the store do some basic checks and compile the app the idea is they can guarantee no third party/bad actor has inserted malicious code.

However, this being Google, they are the bad actor.

TWeaK , to Privacy in VLC - App stores were a mistake

By the way, archive.is and archive.ph are Tor unfriendly.

Not just Tor, they poison DNS queries from Cloudfare and Quad9, basically any DNS that doesn't give them sufficient location information about the end user.

TWeaK , to Privacy in VLC - App stores were a mistake

VLC don't update on Fdroid, Fdroid compile all the apps on their repo (the one that comes with the app). Fdroid do some checks on the updated app before they compile it, so it's always a little behind the main release.

Edit: it could also be that VLC haven't yet released the updated app (and in particular its source), so Fdroid have nothing to work with.

TWeaK , to Privacy in VLC - App stores were a mistake

Generally with small time apps, sure, but VLC are trustworthy enough to get it straight from the source. However, it's not like VLC is an app that you need to keep up to date as soon as possible.

TWeaK , to Privacy in VLC - App stores were a mistake

That's right. Fdroid the app is just a program that accesses repositories. It's not even the only one, Aurora has a similar version of their own called Aurora Droid.

Fdroid the repo is a repository of FOSS apps maintained by the Fdroid team with apps they've reviewed and compiled themselves, to provide an element of trust that you might not get from every random developer.

There's no fool proof way of handling app trust other than developing your own understanding of the code. Otherwise you have to trust someone. Fdroid seem pretty trustworthy, more than the big corporations, and more than many unknown small time developers - however you can get app updates quicker direct from the developer, through the Fdroid app, if you're willing to trust them.

TWeaK , to Privacy in VLC - App stores were a mistake

On Windows you should be downloading from the website.

TWeaK , to Lemmy in Comment spam attacks in multiple /c's by Thuleanxxx

Also FYI I think lemm.ee has some automation that blocks these. I don't ever seem to get them, yet when I check other instances I can see them. Either that, or our admin are just hot on this stuff and ban them early on - both of these users were banned 3-4 days ago.

lemmy.tf seems to be a problem instance, it's still running v0.19.0 and doesn't have captcha for sign ups.

TWeaK , to Lemmy in Comment spam attacks in multiple /c's by Thuleanxxx

You wrote usernames as email addresses. You should have put /u/ in front to make links. You can also use @, however that will send a metion notification to the user.

  • /u/ThuleanSneed@lemmy.tf in !coffee
  • /u/ThuleanPerspective2@eviltoast.org in !anime
TWeaK , to News in Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene files motion to oust Mike Johnson as House speaker

Wish someone would file a motion to oust Greene.

TWeaK , to World News in $3 billion deal with the UK gets Australia closer to having a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines

Just don't ask the UK for nuclear weapons lol.

https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/60a40423-b38b-4561-bb19-ed50351bc10f.webp

TWeaK , to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ in Rotating banners on /r/piracy

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