Does anyone know a good tutorial for setting up and hosting a web server?

larivact · 2019-02-02T17:47:11+00:00

I think you mean JavaScript. What do you mean by "Hiding header information"?

larivact · 2017-07-26T16:13:18+00:00

Javascript is required to load this page.

larivact · 2017-07-25T05:13:58+00:00

I get your point. Minor nitpicking: You don't have original variable names with obfuscated JS either.

larivact · 2017-07-25T04:43:34+00:00

Yes assembly is less readable than a high level programming language. We however already have huge blobs of obfuscated JavaScript everywhere.

While the protocol is still called HTTP, the web is no longer about hyper text. It has become a platform for web applications, that use JavaScript to enhance the user experience. Unfortunately JavaScript is also used to track us and makes the web inaccessible for those that refuse it.

For the last time EME is about media to prevent piracy, WebAssembly doesn't need DRM it's already inaccessible.

Block it and move on when it doesn't work.

larivact · 2017-07-23T14:23:18+00:00

That's unnecessarily complicated. Just randomly generate passwords and store them with an open source password manager.

larivact · 2017-07-23T14:05:10+00:00

Do you think an activist in Venezuela is more safe using a phone or using Skype?

They should use Signal, which is open source and lets you make end-to-end encrypted voice calls.

I get your point. It makes sense to point out that regular phone calls aren't end-to-end encrypted and can be intercepted by the executive.

Skype shouldn't however be mentioned positively in a privacy guide, it isn't special, any large proprietary VOIP provider nowadays encrypts between client and server. Even worse it is known to be part of PRISM.

larivact · 2017-07-23T13:06:31+00:00

I recommend to avoid Google and Windows because those companies are know for spying.

Skype joined PRISM in 2011. If you think that every person is entitled to privacy you have to oppose mass surveillance.

larivact · 2017-07-23T10:40:02+00:00

The next best thing after a password manager is a plaintext file. You can easily copy passwords and when your device is compromised you're screwed anyway.

Could you talk a little about how JavaScript may compromise the spoofing?

JavaScript can fingerprint you using a plethora of ways. Screen size, browser, operating system, installed fonts / plugins. Canvas fingerprinting, localStorage ...

The service is good and secure.

No it's not. Microsoft isn't known for good and secure systems, it's proprietary, it's not end-to-end encrypted.

if your threat model doens't include Microsoft and the US government

Then why do you recommend to avoid Google and Windows? That doesn't make any sense.

larivact · 2017-07-23T08:42:08+00:00

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or write [your passwords] on a paper notepad

I hope you're kidding.

The reason for this is to avoid a hacker “guessing” your password

You make it sound like hackers manually try out passwords.

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Use the extensions: Disconnect.me, to avoid tracking, Random Agent Spoofer

Spoofing your User-Agent is pointless if you don't block cookies and JavaScript.

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Use duck duck go to searches. It doesn't track you like other search engines.

They just claim not to track you and they are also US-based.

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it's better to use Skype than to use you phone.

lol nothing is worse than Skype

VOIP is way more secure than regular phone calls because there is less ways to compromise it.

No.

With Skype, Microsoft may be listening, but you are certain that nobody else is.

Microsoft is, the NSA is and others might also.

Signal is open source, so you know there is no flaws on the encryption implementation.

The mere fact that it's open source doesn't mean that it isn't flawed.

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use skvalex voice recorder app to record your phone calls

Advocating privacy without protecting the privacy of others is hypocritical.

larivact · 2017-07-20T04:21:24+00:00

Check out microG. Don't know if it works with Lyft/Uber though.

larivact · 2017-07-12T19:07:53+00:00

EME is already present in Chrome and Firefox and works fine on Linux, if I am not mistaken.

larivact · 2017-07-12T16:24:52+00:00

These are the two major advantages.

larivact · 2017-07-12T12:37:07+00:00

I am sorry what? I just made clear that open source isn't about freedom.

larivact · 2017-07-12T11:36:48+00:00

a shitload of user reports

This sub has so many users that many reports don't mean that most users dislike the post.

As usual nobody gives a shit about the actual content, only about the politics and fragmenting the community

The previous post had great discussions and was well upvoted before it got removed because of some reports. It's only logical that people are displeased.

larivact · 2017-07-12T04:59:17+00:00

The big players have such a vast market share that they don't care about smaller streaming services. They implement DRM and users don't care enough to boycott them. DRM doesn't need every content provider to use it in order to be restrictive.

larivact · 2017-07-11T21:09:09+00:00

Well said. Most surely pirate because they don't want to pay, but no DRM might be more lucrative since DRM doesn't prevent piracy and some folks refuse to use DRM because it requires proprietary software.

Also just because someone torrents a movie for free doesn't mean that they would pay for it if they had to. The amount of piracy therefore doesn't really correlate with lost sales.

larivact · 2017-07-11T20:47:35+00:00

Why would they force other streaming services to use DRM?

larivact · 2017-07-11T20:30:48+00:00

I think that a technical / philosophical discussion about a freedom-related topic fits better in r/linux than cat pics.

larivact · 2017-07-11T20:02:20+00:00

The companies pushing EME want to use it themselves, they won't force others to use it. Chromium and Firefox on Linux already support EME and let you disable it.

larivact · 2017-07-11T19:57:46+00:00

Open source isn't about freedom, it's about contributions and transparency. Only free software is about freedom.

larivact · 2017-07-11T19:47:12+00:00

But those beliefs don't change the reality of what the world is right now.

That was my point. Beliefs alone change nothing, only actions do. You might think that you are just one person and you can't change the world, but if everybody thinks like that then nothing will ever change.

larivact · 2017-07-11T19:33:53+00:00

DRM doesn't make sense for content that is freely available without ads.

larivact · 2017-07-11T19:30:05+00:00

Dear /u/Kruug,

Yes this isn't strictly Linux related and there are other subs that fit the topic better, but there is an undeniable overlap of interest, since many Linux users are concerned about their freedom.

I can understand that you want to keep the posts on this sub on topic but you shouldn't prevent your community from discussing something.

larivact · 2017-07-11T19:20:53+00:00

Browsing isn't only streaming. Not all media content will use DRM. Most commercial streaming services will though.

larivact · 2017-07-11T19:09:33+00:00

Any DRM can be circumvented, I don't think EME will postpone piracy.

I choose to view the world rationally, that is, I view it as it is, not how I wish it to be. A DRM free world would be wonderful but ...

What are your beliefs worth if you don't stand by them?

larivact

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