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Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker

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Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker

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Post by A2017U1 »

kabacha wrote: post #49
vbezhenar wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It’s a small jump from blocking websites to blocking popular VPNs. I know two countries which block websites (Russia and Kazakhstan) and they either block or have plans to block VPNs. I don’t see centralized VPN as effective solution for that problem.

How do you block a VPN though? Do you just constantly chase after their IP addresses? I mean Netflix and similar services do try but with not much luck really.

Netflix do it with a good amount of success I thought.

Self hosting a vpn is still beyond the vast majority of consumers and every big player in the market has their ip ranges mapped thoroughly.

Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

htor wrote: post #45

apparently we are currently on version 3 of the web?

3.0.5274a-rc99, haven't you been getting the release notes?;)

(But seriously, it's like HTML5; there probably won't really be another major version ever, just new things built on top of the existing schema)

Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker

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Post by throwaway2048 »

nukeop wrote: post #64
throwaway2048 wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Id rather be surveiled by neither, and a VPN does very little to prevent stuff like browser fingerprinting.

Just block scripts and randomize the useragent, here's your new fingerprint every minute.

and be the one very strong signal from $VPN_IPRANGE that has a random wacky user agent, along with disabled scripting (and a quite comprehensive CSS fingerprint to boot).

Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker

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Post by sakoht »

zzzcpan wrote: post #23

In addition to ad blocking, VPN is becoming a very important feature for modern web browsers. With so many countries blocking websites and websites geoblocking users it becomes necessary to help users circumvent that to access a wide web. This is kind of the whole point of web browsers, give access to world wide web, not local web. Interestingly, Opera trying to compete with other browsers makes it pursue users inter…

That used to be true before it was sold in 2016 to a Chinese conglomerate. As noted above, the Chinese removed VPN apps from the Apple app store, but they left this one. Which means it's compromised.

Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker

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Post by thefounder »

bitcoinbutter wrote: post #32
thefounder wrote: post #9

Crypto's main issue is not the UX. It's the volatility and costs(i.e merchants pay less for the same crypto). Until these two issues are fixed it makes no sense to use crypto payments unless you are denied access to mainstream payment networks(visa/mastercard). The VPN should be integrated at the OS level not browser level.

Crypto in this case is also being used as an authentication / password replacement system. Signing with your wallet address proves you are a specific person. So that alone is a great reason to include the wallet.

>> Signing with your wallet address proves you are a specific person. So that alone is a great reason to include the wallet.

No, it doesn't. It just proves that you own/hold a private key. You need to build an identity protocol on top of that if you want to prove that you are a specific person/organization. Such protocols have been around for quite some time before crypto currencies. It's just they don't have a good UX, that's why most websites require a password based authentication instead of a key/certificate.

I like a lot JWT/JWT as it has a lot of useful attributes(. e.g the "acr" attribute) so you better start with that than a crypto wallet

Re: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN and ad blocker

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Post by ldng »

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #72
htor wrote: post #45

apparently we are currently on version 3 of the web?

3.0.5274a-rc99, haven't you been getting the release notes?;) (But seriously, it's like HTML5; there probably won't really be another major version ever, just new things built on top of the existing schema)

I must also have missed 1.0 and 2.0 too then
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