The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting(kevinboone.me)

692 points by ingve 11 months ago | 392 comments

Kevin Boone's personal blog essay on how browser fingerprinting undermines web privacy beyond third-party cookies and de-Googling efforts.

YouTube's new anti-adblock measures(iter.ca)

851 points by smitop 1 year ago | 1169 comments

A blog post explaining YouTube's A/B-tested anti-adblock measures such as fake buffering, and a uBlock Origin filter written to partially avoid them.

We built the extension that blocks ads, trackers and third-party cookies(ultrablock.org)

9 points by dotcoma 2 years ago | 4 comments

The advertising cartel coming to your web browser(blog.zgp.org)

199 points by speckx 4 months ago | 55 comments

What, if anything, should I do about using Mozilla's Firefox(neilzone.co.uk)

114 points by ColinWright 1 year ago | 113 comments

Ads in the OS(ng5p.com)

27 points by cyb0rg0 3 years ago | 20 comments

Android may soon restrict on-device ADB(kitsumed.github.io)

941 points by shscs911 3 months ago | 459 comments

Blog post warning that proposed Android changes may restrict on-device ADB, affecting Shizuku, libadb, power-user apps and developer setups.

Google restricts Android sideloading(puri.sm)

377 points by fsflover 1 year ago | 247 comments

Purism blog post discussing Google's restrictions on Android sideloading and implications for user autonomy and mobile freedom, promoting Librem 5 and PureOS.

An ad-free Android TV(cretezy.com)

334 points by CraftThatBlock 6 days ago | 144 comments

A blog tutorial explaining how to remove ads from Android TV and Google TV, including the home screen banner and YouTube ads.

Linux phones are more important now than ever(feddit.org)

627 points by wicket 1 year ago | 394 comments

A Lemmy forum post arguing Linux phone development must accelerate as Android becomes more closed, citing AOSP changes and bootloader lock removals.

Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move(makeuseof.com)

657 points by josephcsible 1 year ago | 429 comments

A MakeUseOf opinion article arguing that Google's new limits on Android app sideloading are its most anti-consumer move.

Everyone knows all the apps on your phone(peabee.substack.com)

1035 points by gniting 1 year ago | 415 comments

Substack post explaining how Android apps can still see which other apps are installed on a phone despite Google's 2022 package visibility policy.