I still use reddit for purposes ranging from getting solutions to pastimes. Same for discord. There are a few communities on it that I need to be connected, most notably dev related.
What suggestions would you guys make? Are there any bridges/frontend I could use to get more privacy?
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Can I ask how does this still work for reddit when API pricing killed all the rest? Thanks for the info
Ah, libreddit shut down, didn’t it?
Run a browser in a container.
yeah it did :( . Should I delete the account and only browse there? I sometimes pop in a comment to ask questions.
Also speaking of containers, are you talking about firefox containers?
They probably meant an entire virtual machine (which is only feasible on desktop/laptop as far as I know).
No, I meant a container running a browser in it. An example of such a DIY container would be: Alpine base + Librewolf + Script to install necessary extensions in Librewolf and configure them + Guacamole as a VNC server. Or maybe just configuring X-forwarding (does that work with Podman) will do.
Yes.
An example of such a DIY container would be: Alpine base + Librewolf + Script to install necessary extensions in Librewolf and configure them + Guacamole as a VNC server. Or maybe just configuring X-forwarding (does that work with Podman) will do.
AFAIK the only way to completely prevent trackers is to disable JS and even then people have created profiles of the TOR browser before.
I am not confident in my ability to block every single fingerprinting method possible, so instead I’ll play their game against them.
What do you mean by “people have created profiles of the TOR browser before”?
It shouldn’t matter if you can identify the TOR browser, as long as different users of the TOR browser have the same fingerprint.
i think it only halted development, not shut down. i’ve heard one of the contributors wants to revive the project though. libreddit still works fine if you self-host it and you’re the only one using it, but not on public instances. self-hosting is easy tho, just download the latest release binary and run it in a terminal or something.
i’m pretty sure reddit’s api allows a certain amount of requests from an ip address before the user has to actually pay for it. or something along the lines of that.
For now yes, but some instances are still running, the list seems updated well enough
How come some of the instances work, when the API pricing changes killed most alternatives?
I haven’t used it personally, but there is a discord matrix bridge. You wouldn’t get some of the fancy features like voice, but it might be alright for text only.
Unless you can convince the server mods to bridge directly, you’d probably want a puppet bridge.
I’m on a few servers with bridges and one unfortunate thing is occasionally they’ll go neglected and disconnect then you’ll be stuck in an unmoderated community with other Matrix users
I wouldn’t recommend a normal bridged room, just a puppet bridge. So it’d basically be the bridge using your own account and pretending to be a real client, not trying to bridge a matrix room with a discord channel.
Puppet bridges are kind of like bitlbee if youre familiar with it, but for matrix
I gave up discord a week or two ago but when I used it, I only used the online version on Firefox in a container. I think Ublock Origin blocks most of the science API things too! Example: https://discord.com/api/v9/science
Devs are usually technical enough to understand privacy. Have you tried suggesting a switch to matrix or simplex?
It’s a learning community, with possibly thousands of participants. The server mods won’t switch from discord for this reason
I know the saying, but I don’t understand the benefit of your comment. If you say the horse is me, the only way it works is I give up my access to the learning community. If the mean the discord admins/mods, they’re still working on scripts for discord bots, so no they won’t be switching anytime soon. The server is Odin Project btw, and the size of new users won’t let them switch.
