Post #1024764
2026-04-09 11:15 UTC
Also, you only need that stuff in the first place if you don’t have control over the operating system and your browser (like on Apple or Microsoft). For me, using a Firefox-based browser with uBlock Origin on both phone and desktop is enough so I don’t have to ever see ads, and I just don’t install spyware in the first place.
Replies (4)
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@Lemmchen@feddit.org 2026-04-09 13:54
Little Snitch has nothing to do with ad blocking. I don’t knwo what you’re talking about.
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@brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml 2026-04-09 12:16
Careful. Almost every Firefox based browser still pings out to various google domains and sends out other telemetry. Librewolf is fine though.
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@MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2026-04-09 15:57
These things are for the nasty little surprises, more relevant for the proprietaries, but not useless on linux. They're for the unknown unknowns, and that's a good thing. The next supply chain vuln might bite you, and opensnitch *might* let you know.
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@LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2026-04-09 16:39
It's nice for malware purposes, say if you get something nasty you can hopefully get alerted when it tries to phone home.