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Where did I say that it's harder to form relationships today than it was in the past? I didn't. I said nothing of the sort nor did anything I say imply as much, if that was your takeaway then it exposes your implicit biases more than it does anything about myself.
You say this: > I firmly believe that easy access porn is one of the worst things happening to the young men and women today. I (23) know many men around my age who suffer from chronic porn addictions to the point that it severely impacts their ability for form real relationships and median age of first exposure is getting lower and lower. Porn(at least in it's current, easily accessible, form) didn't exist in the pa…
Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
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Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#362I've meant to write a blog post about this, but here goes: In-app browsers allow users to view inappropriate content, often against the wishes of sensitive individuals. People especially at risk for this include addicts and children. Nearly every app, even "safe apps" including children-rated apps, allow access to an in app browser. Even when iOs has locked down all access to Safari, a parent has removed access to al…
Doesn't the harm of surveillance outweigh the harm of viewing "inappropriate content"? Think of the addict is a new one, but I am automatically suspicious any time someone cites child protection.
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#363I've meant to write a blog post about this, but here goes: In-app browsers allow users to view inappropriate content, often against the wishes of sensitive individuals. People especially at risk for this include addicts and children. Nearly every app, even "safe apps" including children-rated apps, allow access to an in app browser. Even when iOs has locked down all access to Safari, a parent has removed access to al…
Last time I checked, WKWebView will follow the parental control settings set on the device.
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#364Earlier quoted context omitted.
You say this: > I firmly believe that easy access porn is one of the worst things happening to the young men and women today. I (23) know many men around my age who suffer from chronic porn addictions to the point that it severely impacts their ability for form real relationships and median age of first exposure is getting lower and lower. Porn(at least in it's current, easily accessible, form) didn't exist in the pa…
No. I know specific people that use porn, and among those that I know who use it excessively, they have a hard time forming relationships. No where does that say or imply that "It's harder for everyone to form relationships today than it was in the past" as you for some reason are consistent on believing I said. Those are two very different statements with very different meanings.
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#365The battle for control continues. I started noticing this personally when using social media and took note of the fact that the browsing was still being done within the app when clicking on an external link. The war on control of data continues on.
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#366One thing I've noticed is that content-blockers/adblock don't seem to work within the Facebook/Instagram etc. in-app browsers so I usually end up jumping out of them anyway.
Re: Instagram can track anything you do on any website in their in-app browser
#367I've meant to write a blog post about this, but here goes: In-app browsers allow users to view inappropriate content, often against the wishes of sensitive individuals. People especially at risk for this include addicts and children. Nearly every app, even "safe apps" including children-rated apps, allow access to an in app browser. Even when iOs has locked down all access to Safari, a parent has removed access to al…
I'm currently going through HTB Academy and once you mentioned unsecured in-app browsers, the first thing I thought of was either a Web Shell[2], or better yet, directing the in-app browser to a malicious website to download additional software to better exploit the phone. If the in-app browsers aren't filtering explicit content, I have to assume they aren't filter malicious content either.
If this isn't already a well-known route of exploitation, I'm interested to see how that might change in the near future. It sounds surprisingly easy to exploit, provided you can get momentary physical (remote?) access to the phone for a short time.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UfNlRe-goY [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_shell
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This seems like a non-issue. Where's the damage? I'm tired of people using children and a miniscule population of users w/ severe content sensitivities as excuses to justify features that are really just tools for asserting norms. The children are fine. We've been talking about how bad the internet is for children so long that those children grew up, led fufilling lives, had their own children, and now those children…
>What children need isn't more protection it's an escape hatch from all the forces trying to manipulate them during their most vulnerable years. Isn't addicting content a force that's trying to manipulate them? Porn, certain kinds of games, online gambling, etc can all get their hooks in someone. Prevention is better than having to fight the addiction in the first place, is it not?
-Targeting- children with content for profit should be banned, regardless of content. If the content is neutral and presented to all the same way then they get to choose to put in the work to find what they want to consume. When it is not neutral then it is the job of a parent to help tip the scales back to neutral with conversation or partially supervised device use.
Nudity for instance is only taboo in some countries, where others are whatever about it and will see women topless at the beach. Trying to censor things or target things is what does the most harm and creates closeted behavior IMO.
News flash to parents... when your kid is old enough to be horny they -will- find an outlet to see nudity be it in person or on a screen. On a screen is probably the safer default.
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Do you want to cripple the entire app industry? Apps built using React Nativ / Flutter e.t.c use the WebView to render themselves. So they’re basically already running “in-app browsers” But then how do you differentiate when the app is rendering its own view rather than another website? You could apply some restrictions like has nowadays where you need extra security privileges (I think) to render pages / execute scr…
Thats not how react native or flutter work at all. They use native views, not a browser. You are likely thinking of cordova (phonegap) et al.
Honestly it is pretty fascinating how these cross-platform frameworks work.
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Do you want to cripple the entire app industry? Apps built using React Nativ / Flutter e.t.c use the WebView to render themselves. So they’re basically already running “in-app browsers” But then how do you differentiate when the app is rendering its own view rather than another website? You could apply some restrictions like has nowadays where you need extra security privileges (I think) to render pages / execute scr…
it’s a bad experience for opening external links. i don’t care that it’s not easy to get to. and no, not all apps do this. tiktok does not offer an escape, and instagram hides it behind two clicks.