Opera Touch is a solid alternative to Safari on the iPhone

Post by newscracker » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 7:11 AM UTC

thanatropism wrote: post #67

cpeterso wrote: post #63

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Once I started using Firefox Focus, I was surprised at how rarely I actually needed to browse the web un-anonymously. I don't need to be logged in to search, use Wikipedia, or read news online. Focus is perfect for bite-sized browsing. Read and then throw the session away.

Requires iOS 11. I don't want to update my iPhone SE -- it's fine as it is and I don't need it slower; I made that mistake with a previous iPhone.

Post by gsnedders » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 1:38 PM UTC

blub wrote: post #82

gsnedders wrote: post #57

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Given the browser is produced by Opera Software AS, all data should be held under Norwegian law (which will in the near future include the GDPR), and your recourses are through the Norwegian courts, which makes it a very different situation to something developed directly in China.

I remember reading a comment from a dev working for a mobile app shop which had been bought by a Chinese company: they got instructions to add an analytics binary blob to their app and did it. That's an anecdote, but the point is that one can't rely on Norwegian courts for enforcing privacy.

Post by walterbell » Wed, Oct 03, 2018, 6:19 PM UTC

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walterbell wrote: post #49

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iOS12 Shortcuts are a limited form of extension, they can parse JS from a web page and cause side effects. E.g. - extract URL and download youtube video to camera roll - move a running video out of browser into picture-in-picture mode for multitasking Content (ad) blocking extensions are supported in Safari.

Shortcuts can "parse JS from a web page"? Can you explain how that's possible? None of the examples you listed seem to involve direct access to page content.

  var videos = document.getElementsByTagName("video");
  if (videos) {
    var video = videos[0];
        video.webkitSetPresentationMode(video.webkitPresentationMode === "picture-in-picture" ? "inline" : "picture-in-picture");
  }

  completion({"success": true});

Post by dang » Thu, Oct 04, 2018, 3:06 AM UTC

digitaLandscape wrote: post #71

maaaats wrote: post #34

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But for many of us, the aspect of having a NSA backdoored US product is probably more scary.

You are a traitor and an idiot.