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    How safe is UT from trackers?

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      • KenedaK Offline
        Keneda @AppLee
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        @applee said in How safe is UT from trackers?:

        My answer to that is webapp

        Your own webapps?

        2015-2023 : Meizu MX4 ☠️⚰️✝️
        2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ☠️⚰️✝️
        2024-***** : FPOS Fairphone 5 waiting UT for freedom 😉
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        • AntiDroidA Offline
          AntiDroid
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          Has anyone read the piece on tuxphones.com about Anonymity vs Privacy. I feel it is relevant to this thread because the two concepts are often referred to interchangeably but offer very different things.

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          • AppLeeA Offline
            AppLee @Keneda
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            @keneda
            It depends. It is easy enough for me to create my own as I have clickable already installed and configured.
            If I didn't I would certainly use webber for example.

            I personally find that there are too many webapps in the open-store.
            So when I make my own I do not publish it.

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            • KenedaK Offline
              Keneda @AppLee
              last edited by Keneda

              @applee said in How safe is UT from trackers?:

              I personally find that there are too many webapps in the open-store.

              That's not there are too many, that's there are too many that no longer works... ^^
              But i agree with you, if everyone puts its own webapp that would be the jungle.

              Today i searched for playstation webapp, i found one, then i clicked on publisher :
              https://open-store.io/?sort=relevance&search=author%3Amar_k83
              Most of them marked not functionning in coms, for sure it is 2 years old and for 15.04.

              Those deprecated webapps (i mean, not only in this link) is not a good thing for openstore user experience.

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              2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ☠️⚰️✝️
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              • TotalSonicT Offline
                TotalSonic @Keneda
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                In partial answer to this question - here's the results of the security test at https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ for all of the different browsers I have on my Volla Phone, with uAdBlock enabled.

                Morph browser ->
                Morph

                Firefox-esr 78 running in Libertine container ->
                Firefox

                Roadtrip (alternative QtWebEngine based browser demo from Mateo Salta) ->
                Roadtrip

                Onion (interestingly this one performed the worst in this test, despite being based on Tor, and supposedly providing enhanced security) ->
                Onion

                Best regards,
                Steve Berson

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                  3T_Ed @TotalSonic
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                  @totalsonic

                  OnePlus 3T + Morph Browser
                  screenshot20210307_220952132.png

                  Critics are the true Positives | OnePlus 3T, Lumia 950

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                  • mateo_saltaM Offline
                    mateo_salta @3T_Ed
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                    @3t_ed there are a bunch of qtwebengine flags we can use to reduce fingerprinting

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                    • AdLinuxA Offline
                      AdLinux
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                      I think there might be a discrepancy between different devices when it comes to the effectiveness of uAdBlock.

                      A lot of people have posted screenshots from their phones of the EFF's 'Cover Your Tracks' showing Morph blocking trackers (with the help of uAdBlock). However, I am having no such luck on my Sony Xperia 10.

                      Here are my screenshots (well they would be screenshots but instead they are photos, as the current build for the Xperia 10 doesn't seem to have MTP working yet).

                      Morph with uAdBlock:
                      CoverYourTracksMorphXperia10.jpg

                      Onion with uAdBlock:
                      CoverYourTracksOnionXperia10.jpg

                      Does anyone have any ideas as to why there is this discrepancy? Or how it could be solved?

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                        AntiDroid @AdLinux
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                        • TotalSonicT Offline
                          TotalSonic @AdLinux
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                          @adlinux - yes, in retesting I am now getting the same results as you!! - not sure what is going on with this - but it is concerning.

                          Best regards,
                          Steve Berson

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                            domubpkm @TotalSonic
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                            @totalsonic I think your uAdBlock is fully disabled even if you think it is activated and shows lists.
                            It can be the case for an OTA update or if you change of channel.
                            So first do 'deactivate uAdBlock' and then reactivate it: personally I check all the lists.
                            But it's right that for the Volla, we have always a NEARLY-unique fingerprint : i don't like this word nearly. This word is too much 😒
                            @mateo_salta Why did you remove demo browser from the Open Store? Improving it would have been nice but it still has some use as it is for testing I think. Demo browser as a UNIQUE fingerprint!! 😉☺

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                              Moem @domubpkm
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                              @domubpkm said in How safe is UT from trackers?:

                              I think your uAdBlock is fully disabled even if you think it is activated and shows lists.
                              It can be the case for an OTA update or if you change of channel.

                              Thank you for this, I had no idea!

                              Is currently using an Op5t
                              Also owns an Op1, a BQ E4.5 and an Xperia X, as well as a BQ tablet and a Pinetab2. Please, someone... make it stop.

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                                domubpkm @domubpkm
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                                @domubpkm said in How safe is UT from trackers?:

                                @mateo_salta Why did you remove demo browser from the Open Store? Improving it would have been nice but it still has some use as it is for testing.

                                Demo browser is back in the Open Store today. Thanks @mateo_salta .

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