If you don’t have this kit you will be bombarded to Temu’s ads
Better version: https://lemmy.world/post/21245770
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What’s the upside down Z-Library icon in the lower left for YT?
Idk it’s not NewPipe or Grayjay
Invidous
Currently, it is recovering from attacks from Google. Only self-hosting works reliably at the moment…
If you don’t have this kit you will be bombarded to Temu’s ads!
The first thing I do after setting a new PC is install Firefox and UBO.
I’m not saying my setup is any better, but it currently looks like this:
- Firefox
- UBO
- SponsorBlock
- Return YouTube Dislikes
- DeArrow
- Archive.ph
I’m open to suggestions if anybody knows any better alternatives. I’ve had mixed luck with services that filter out YouTube’s crap.
I’d actually recommend consent-o-matic instead of IDCAC. It actually selects the minimum concent for you instead of just hiding it.
Consent-o-Matic with Cookie Auto Delete and Firefox’s Multi-Account Container tabs covers it all nicely for me.
Cookie banners get handled, cookies I don’t explicitly want to keep automatically disappear when I leave the site/close the tab, and those I do want to keep can be given their own containers to keep them separated.
Cookie autodelete doesn’t work with strict mode and you should use strict mode. Just drop it.
You don’t need an extension to auto remove cookies with Firefox.
You’re right. I’ll be damned. That’ll teach me to set-and-forget then not keep up with changes to Firefox and their effects on extensions. Thanks for the heads up.
Here’s how to auto-delete cookies without an extension: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/blob/128.0/user.js#L669
Set
privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdownandprivacy.clearOnShutdown_v2.cookiesAndStorage(I don’t know ifprivacy.clearOnShutdown.cookiesis still needed) totrue. To allow a website to keep cookies do CTRL+I on the address bar then check “Set cookie” in the Permissions tab.
I use uBlock Origin’s picker mode instead. It lets you select which element you want block. It works on other annoying notices, popus and annoying stuff not just cookie notices
clicking the cookie notice away with the picker mode doesn’t mean the cookies don’t apply.
it would illegal if cookie apply before you accept, so just hide should work.
but bet they do it anyway.
I use that one on iOS. In Firefox I use the native functionality (the
cookiebanners.service.modeflag). See https://community.mozilla.org/en/campaigns/firefox-cookie-banner-handling/. I also setcookiebanners.ui.desktop.enabledtotrueto make this setting appear in the settings menu.
NewPipe and FreeTube if you want YT subscriptions without ads
Addy.io or simplelogin for email account signups
And SmartTube for Android TV
Firefox Relay is another free email alias generator.
Proton pass is another
Proton acquired Simplelogin (or partnered?) so it’s one and the same. There’s a chance you may be able to get more aliases by using both the simplelogin and the proton accounts though…
A paid proton account can have infinite aliases
The limit for Proton itself is so generous I haven’t needed to. I have an alias for almost every single online account I have, and it’s all built in to the password manager. Very handy.
I have a my personal mail server send stuff to my aliases and they relay it to proton
I’ll be honest I am very glad that works for you, but I don’t like touching email servers with a 10 foot pole haha. Too much trouble for me.
I have capped the whole 3 services :|
How many aliases do you have? I have a couple hundred IIRC
With the free services? I may have to look back into it I thought I capped them at around 20 each. I mean active though.
Tubular is also good. It’s NewPipe with dislikes + SponsorBlock
Be careful with using Privacy Badger and uBO together as it might get in each other’s way. I had YouTube detect me having ad block until I paused Privacy Badger for YT.
IDCAC should not be on this list since it was compromised, ABP-style. consent-o-matic is probably better but the most direct replacement is “I Still Don’t Care About Cookies”.
Doesn’t the “EasyList/uBO – Cookie Notices” filter in uBlock’s settings do the same thing as IDCAC / consent-o-matic?
iI think consentomatic scripts the opt-out interaction. idcac probably just hides the popup.
Cookie notices and consent forms are two different things. The first comes from the ePrivacy Directive while the second comes from the GDPR. Consent forms are not only about cookies, the law doesn’t even specify cookies and it’s often using confusing phrasing (like “allow to use personal data collected through cookies or other means”).
Privacy badger is not longer needed IIRC, its role is taken care by uBlock.
Install the LibRedirect extension and fiddle a bit with the settings to automatically redirect to privacy respecting alternatives away from ad heavy sites.
sponsorblock, return youtube dislike
Drop IDCAC and Privacy Badger, add consent-o-matic, sponsorblock and bypass paywall clean.
Check Arkenfox for Firefox config and extension recommendations.
https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions
Only use temp mails for unimportant, one-shot account, otherwise use an email relay.
Ok any tips on how to manage email addresses to minimize their exposure and spam?
Don’t give out your email to spammers. Most legitimate businesses might send quite a lot of mail, but it’s very often easy to unsubscribe so do that.
Don’t give out your email to spammers
No shit Sherlock. The real cause of spammers getting your email is through data breaches. The only thing you can do about that is not use your personal mail address for every single website you create an account for.
Yeah, use an email relay service like Firefox Relay, SimpleLogin, the one from Proton if you have an account with them (that’s SimpleLogin behind)…
You can create email aliases, that will relay the email to your main address. Create a new alias for each website so they can’t use your email address to correlate your identity and you can close it anytime, you can even configure an alias to only allow a set amount of messages and auto-close afterward.
Addy.io gives you email aliases as not to expose your actual email address. Everything gets funnelled into a single inbox of your choosing still. And the great thing is that if you use a unique email alias for all services, you know instantly who leaked your email address if you start getting spam. :D
Why drop privacy badger? It’s been working well for me.
Because it doesn’t bring anything more than Firefox in strict mode and uBlock Origin.
FF blocks Facebook et al widgets in strict mode now? This is news to me, news indeed. Thanks for the tip
Not exactly.
uBlock Origin blocks the widgets (with the “EasyList – Social Widgets” blocklist, I don’t remember if it’s on by default). As would any other blocklist based blocked do like Privacy Badger, uBO is just better.
FF’s strict mode has something called Total Cookie Protection that makes it so Facebook widget on site A cannot read the cookie dropped by the Fackebook widget on site B. It isolate 3rd party cookies for each website.
It also has built-in Facebook Container to isolate Facebook links.
There is also I still don’t care about cookies
I don’t see its usefulness, uBlock Origin’s “Cookie Notices” list does the same thing.
For consent forms consent-o-matic is better, IDCAC / ISDCAC was not created for this.
doesn’t consent o matic just accept cookies when it doesn’t know how to reject them?
Consent-o-matic is about consent forms, so it’ll fill the consent forms giving, by default, the least consent possible. If it doesn’t know how to handle a form it’ll just not auto-fill it so you’ll have to do it yourself. It’s not just about cookies, they are just one common way to acquire the data. IDCAC will just hide the form, because it was made to hide cookie notices and later extended to do the same for consent forms. According to the law not filling the form, not giving explicit consent, is like refusing it.
Anyway, none of these extension touch cookies directly, they are only about notice and consent forms. It’s up to the website to act accordingly. And none of this will do anything about necessary cookies, or more precisely, about any data deemed necessary, however it’s collected.
It looks like bypass paywalls clean was actually taken down recently. Apparently mozzila recieved a copyright claim and it was taken down as a normal part of that process :/
What about Decentraleyes?
Arkenfox put it in the “Don’t bother” list: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions#-dont-bother
It’s insane how big a fight we have to put to JUST surf the damn Internet.
I might start using Firefox once it has proper multi-account features like Chrome.
I recently tried it but it’s such a hassle to set up and switch between them.
I was able to get my profiles set up like chrome eventually. I’ll have to remember what I did and post back
I did get multiple profiles, but it was still missing features that make it more accessible to work with like it does in Chrome.
It’s almost there, it just lacks a bunch of definite features that would streamline it and integrate it better into the UI.
I’ve been using Ghostery for years now and I don’t know whether or not it’s still relevant.
It’s not, use uBlock Origin.
I’ve seen people mention it was bought by an ad company or something
Invidious is it effectively dead
Who knows if they can actually gnd a workaround this time. They themselves where unsure about it.
The public instances are useless at the moment.
The project isn’t dead.
If you only care about a clean UI and no adds, just selt-host it. I’m doing it for a week now with no problems at all.
Google seems to have blocked all datacenter or cloud IPs from accessing YouTube.
Hey, sorry for asking this here… I used to access public instances through a URL like this: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=sTEm--FVNe0 and previously there’d be a long list of public instances, whereas now there are only 3-4. I assume this is due to Google’s attacks. If you have a link available, can you direct me to a web page or discussion or something that explains exactly what’s going on there? I’m interested in learning more about the technical details. Thanks.
Maybe this helps: https://github.com/iv-org/invidious/issues/4734#issuecomment-2365205990
Via GitHub, you can find their Matrix group where they communicate about all this.
When the alternative is dealing with the absolute horseshit quantity of ads that YouTube desperately wants to shovel down my throat, I’ll take Invidious any day of the week.
It may not be in perfect condition but it’s still good enough to use!
Ublock origin blocks YouTube ads though
Yeah, I haven’t seen an ad on YouTube in years. I did prefer using Invidious or Piped, but they’re basically dead right now.
Self-hosting Invidious works for me.
What’s ctrl-p do?
It opens a PDF version of any webpage. It may break some elements, but often gives access to text hidden behind paywall popups.
