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jimi_henrik

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  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • It's not a backdoor, it just enabled Firefox's remote debugging tool by default

    Just? I'm sorry but that's just a terrible mistake to make, especially for a browser that people use to surf the world wild web. I don't know if you've ever used a remote debugger (I do), but depending on the debugger, it can be a very powerful tool, you can do a lot of things with it. I don't think calling it a backdoor is a massive exaggeration. I don't doubt the developer's good intention, but this issue shouldn't be dismissed as an insignificant issue.

    To add insult to the injury, it didn't even prompt the user for it.

    Zen is as secure as firefox is.

    Unless you tweak the default Firefox settings in the code base, e.g. https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/blob/dev/src/browser/app/profile/zen-browser.js#L258 (allow unsigned extensions by default).

  • I've tried nearly every browser out there and these are my top 6 (none are Chrome)

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  • I agree, it also has some serious security issues: https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/pull/927

    The developer's comment reveals that it has been there since the inception of the project. And there are even more privacy / security issues mentioned in the comments.

    Unfortunately Zen browser gets a big fat no from me. 🫤

  • Which Shampoos From Europe Do You Use?

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  • I use plastic free "Eco Warrior" shampoo bars made by Little Soap Company Ltd (UK).

  • Deepl, German alternative to Google translate

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  • But for quality, nuance, and privacy, DeepL is unmatched.

    As much as I'd like this to be true, I have to disagree. Perhaps the quality of the translation depends on the language you translate from / to, but the results I got for my native language ranged from not very good to absolute rubbish.

    What's even more frustrating is that there's no (easy) way for me to report such bad results so the developers could fix them. :/

  • Do you donate blood?

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  • You lose quite a lot of iron when donating blood:

    Each time you donate blood, you lose between 220-250 mg of iron. It may take up to 24-30 weeks for your body to replace the iron lost through a blood donation. That time may vary, depending on what your iron level was before donating and if you take iron supplements or multivitamins with iron.

    AFAIK many people are fine (no symptoms) with having low iron levels.

  • Struggling to pick the right Notion alternative—need help

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  • Obsidian asks for the permission upon first launch, but if you don't give it access it won't work at all (it's a required permission for the app).

  • Struggling to pick the right Notion alternative—need help

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  • you can use an android firewall to block Internet access from the app

    True, however, AFAIK if your phone is not rooted, you can't have a firewall and VPN running at the same time (the firewalls I've seen must be configured as VPN).

    not the privileges that obsidian has

    Also true, although Obsidian has access to that shared storage, and therefore, Obsidian being closed source, you have no way of knowing what they do with the files other apps create in that storage directory. I'm not saying they are acting maliciously, but I don't like this approach (software vulnerabilities, supply chain attacks, etc.). The devs recognized the issue in another thread, but there's no solution to the problem as of yet.

  • Struggling to pick the right Notion alternative—need help

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