Posts by GoE

Tesla launches electric truck it guarantees won't break for a million miles

Re: Model S

Electric motors are designed to run at constant rates. If you change speed a lot (not including braking which recharges the battery a bit) the engine has to do more work, so the battery won't last as long.

Re: we totally need

So instead of driving off the cliff it just comes to a stop and calls emergency services?

Windows Update borks elderly printers in typical Patch Tuesday style

They also just re-pushed one of the old Windows 10 updates for Windows 7/8.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3150513/latest-compatibility-definition-update-for-windows

Google says broader right to be forgotten is 'serious assault' on freedom

Surely the court could simply add a stipulation that the ruling doesn't apply to public figures (public interest seems a bit vague)?

The Quantum of Firefox: Why is this one unlike any other Firefox?

Re: I'll wait for NoScript to be back

NoScript 10 is adding a custom mode like uMatrix, but it's a bit unwieldy in the UI at the moment.

It's also worth noting that if you use uMatrix as a stopgap alongside uBlock until NS is updated, the developer recommends that you turn off the duplicate filter lists in uBlock.

https://hackademix.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/noscript10-options.png

Firefox 57: Good news? It's nippy. Bad news? It'll also trash your add-ons

Re: adblock plus and /56/

Ah, now I see the problem. There's something wrong with your installation of Pale Moon, not UB. This is how it's supposed to look (Firefox 52 ESR)

https://postimg.org/gallery/2bcwsc43s/

Re: adblock plus and /56/

You're still just arguing that a tool designed for advanced users doesn't accommodate novices. Your original argument was that UB doesn't do a thing that it does. When I point that out your argument is that it's not the right colour? Fine, you don't like the UX, but you're still arguing form over function and to suggest that someone shouldn't use a better product simply because its buttons aren't clear enough for you (the rest of us manage) is completely irrational, which you then compound with your immature attitude.

UB has better features and is more efficient than ABP, that's why I suggested it to the OP. If you can't figure out how a button works, then stick to ABP, but you should be aware of its functional limitations.

And you clearly didn't read the OP.

"Nothing except the preconfigured blocking lists seem to work, manual configuration is next to impossible".

Re: adblock plus and /56/

Considering the fact that you're criticizing the colour of a button while praising NoScript's UI of all things, I'm not sure your perspective is exactly objective.

Re: adblock plus and /56/

If you can't handle checkboxes, how can you install addons? Besides which, how many "newbies" are aware of those privacy concerns? Would they be any more likely to select the option in Adblock Plus (it's not enabled by default either).

Re: adblock plus and /56/

uBlock blocks them too, it's called Fanboy's Social Blocking List and it's the same one ABP uses.

I'm not sure you're really familiar enough with the history of this to judge it. For starters, some of the features *have* been added but without any warning or adequate time for developers to react. As for features they can't add due to security or practicality, tell us then. There was no reason for the cloak-and-dagger approach Mozilla used.

Even when features were explicitly requested or queried, Mozilla's response was usually just 'we're not talking about that'.

They didn't give plenty of warning on which APIs would be available and which wouldn't, in fact they gave no warning whatsoever. Some are unavailable and at any moment they can decide to add one, they don't give advance notice that one is going to be included so developers had no idea whether a feature they need was going to be available.

Re: No Classic Theme Restorer?

CTR just released an update with an option that shows you what is and isn't compatible with 57. There are still a few annoyances that are either wholly incompatible or will need to be developed, but yeah Proton seems to have fixed a lot of Australis' issues.

Re: adblock plus and /56/

Switch to uBlock Origin. They've ported almost all of the functionality, plus it's more effective (no whitelisting of adverts that paid for access) and less resource intensive.

Re: API incomplete

Giorgio said last week that he doesn't have access to them, that he'll have to wait for release

Adoption of WebExtensions itself isn't the issue, the reduced functionality is the issue. Someone mentioned UWP earlier and it's the perfect comparison. Yes they addressed problems in the old system but they did it in a way that showed very little understanding of how that old system was used.

Re: No Classic Theme Restorer?

The new theme is at least better than Australis (burn rounded tabs, burn), and a few features are still possible through css, but most aren't.

It's SSLeuth that I'm going to miss. The developer has suggested that some functionality might be possible if an EFF proposal is implemented, but Mozilla has rejected every other proposal to expose TLS info. Firefox was the only browser in the world to allow you to see how strong a website's certificate was, now they want to be just as naff as everyone else.

Re: NoScript ?

uBlock Origin was ported to WebExt a while ago.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/

API incomplete

It's worth noting that some addons are impossible to port to WebExtensions for the simple reason that the API doesn't include a bunch of stuff that the old one did. Some by design, some because they're not ready.

NoScript has to wait until 57 launches before it can access parts of the API that it needs, which is why it hasn't been updated yet. SSLeuth needs access to certificate information that is entirely locked away with no anticipation that it will ever be available. Classic Theme Restorer and any theme addon that makes changes to the UI design (no more tab styles) are also impossible because those parts of the API are deliberately missing.

IBM asks remaining staff to take career advice from HR-bot

Seems like the perfect fit for AI, since career advisors don't speak like human beings.

Linux 4.14 arrives and Linus says it should have fewer 0-days

Re: The "0day robot" has nothing to do with 0days

So it's a form of automated debugger. I've never seen one actually implemented on a large scale before, they're normally pretty useless beyond providing targets on already filed bug reports for QA testers. It's interesting to see them taking the idea further.

How did someone hijack your Gmail? Phishing, keylogger or password reuse, we're guessing

Re: VPN

Google has several subdomains that are required but hidden until other higher-level domains are whitelisted in NoScript. That may be what's causing your issue. I recently had that problem in uMatrix because Youtube has several cookies that aren't accessible unless you whitelist the 2nd-level domain (youtube.com as opposed to https://youtube.com) which then allows any subdomain to load.

Other than Youtube, I ditched Google long ago. I use Tutanota and Protonmail for email (both end-to-end encrypted unlike GMail and Outlook), and Startpage (which searches Google for you but strips out the tracking) and DuckDuckGo for search. Even on Youtube, if you just create a Youtube account and don't create a channel, it doesn't create an associated Google account.

Re: VPN and Juice

Pretty sure it'll solve this one.

"We found 82 per cent of blackhat phishing tools and 74 per cent of keyloggers attempted to collect a user’s IP address and location"

There's no cure for stupid, but having you IP address collected is hardly the user's fault.

VPN and Juice

Well, as if we needed more evidence that everyone needs to use VPNs. I don't think browsers and OS's take fingerprinting seriously enough either. Android practically advertises it.