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DavideNL commented on VPN location claims don't match real traffic exits   ipinfo.io/blog/vpn-locati... · Posted by u/mmaia
hopelite · 12 hours ago
That seems reasonable, but they seem to be suffering their own problem with UI and UX design by not making that inherently clearer.

I was getting a bit disappointed about Proton based on this evaluation even though the only problem I’ve had is their really lacking client UI/UX. They should make that visualization clearer. I don’t know the answer, but maybe offering a toggle or expansion for virtualized servers, might be a step in the right direction.

The design issues seems to be a common challenge with proton. The VPN client functions, but it is really grating how basic it is. You can’t even sort, let alone filter servers by load, let alone performance; so you’re scrolling through hundreds of servers. You can’t add regions or even several servers to create a profile with a priority, you have to pick a single server, among hundreds if not thousands in some countries. Oh, and as you’re scrolling through hundreds of servers for a single country, it’s a view of something like 10 lines high.

It’s bonkers

DavideNL · 5 hours ago
I've been using ProtonVPN for many years, and agree, the UI is quite terrible...
DavideNL commented on iOS 26.2 fixes 20 security vulnerabilities, 2 actively exploited   macrumors.com/2025/12/12/... · Posted by u/akyuu
plodman · 7 hours ago
There appears to be a dark pattern occurring where the Tahoe update is selected by default and you need to uncheck it to just install the security update.
DavideNL commented on Discovering the indieweb with calm tech   alexsci.com/blog/calm-tec... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
ChrisArchitect · 8 days ago
Surely the blog post itself comes before the social post linking to the blog post. The blog post is the source.
DavideNL · 8 days ago
Obviously;

"Eugene" [1] boosted the post, which is how it gained attention i believe. That's what i meant with "source" ;-)

[1] https://mastodon.social/@Gargron

DavideNL commented on Last Week on My Mac: Losing confidence   eclecticlight.co/2025/11/... · Posted by u/frizlab
keyle · 13 days ago
I typically jump on the latest macOS with enthusiasm. I once made the mistake to install the beta version of the next os, and well, that didn't go well for me. But typically, within X.1, I'm there.

However something shifted since this "visionOS" melted version of macOS (Tahoe); where I have absolutely no intension to upgrade from Sequoia. I hope they will fix it by the time I'll be forced to upgrade (post support deadline).

It started with the macOS that brought the iOS settings panel. We went from a logical structure of easily findable stuff to a complete mess. Just open the "Keyboard" settings on macOS today and it's bewildering how they could ship this and think this is fine. Steve would roll in his grave.

The process to allow running applications that are unsigned is just a horrible hack. It feels like a last minute "shove it and move on!".

By 2035 I wonder if we'll be all running KDE or WindowMaker and the hell with modern OS GUI.

From a Gestalt standpoint, human relations with desktop computers are not the same as with thumb driven mobile OS or air-pinch driven vision OS, period. The hell with "glass" or "flat" design. Desktop OS should be as forgettable as possible, as it's about having long stints of flow, not giving a feeling of "air" or "play".

DavideNL · 13 days ago
> where I have absolutely no intension to upgrade from Sequoia

Beware of not upgrading accidentally, like i did... (dark pattern):

"The Software Update UI for Upgrading to MacOS 26 Tahoe Is Needlessly Confusing" : https://daringfireball.net/2025/11/software_update_tahoe_con...

DavideNL commented on The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting   kevinboone.me/fingerprint... · Posted by u/ingve
samtheprogram · 22 days ago
There's no point unless a critical mass of people use these tools. You will be the only one on your IP address using this configuration of masked fingerprinting, which is itself a fingerprint.

That's also why it's indeed useful when using Tor, because you're not identified by your base IP.

Unless we make this part of the culture, you have basically 0 recourse to browser fingerprinting except using Tor. Which can itself still be a useful fingerprint depending on the context.

EDIT: I'll add that using these tools outside of normal browsing use can be useful for obfuscating who's doing specific browsing, but it should be emphasized that using fingerprinting masking in isolation all the time is nearly as useful as not using them at all.

DavideNL · 21 days ago
> "There's no point unless a critical mass of people use these tools"

That's what Mullvad Browser attempts to solve i guess:

https://mullvad.net/en/browser

DavideNL commented on Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws   theverge.com/news/823750/... · Posted by u/ksec
lenkite · 25 days ago
That cookie banner needs to be standardized and offered by the browser. It should be like a certificate popup. Why is every website forced into doing a shoddy job ?
DavideNL · 25 days ago
Aren’t tracking cookies mostly irrelevant nowadays, because every browser can be uniquely fingerprinted anyway?
DavideNL commented on Homebrew no longer allows bypassing Gatekeeper for unsigned/unnotarized software   github.com/Homebrew/brew/... · Posted by u/firexcy
shantara · a month ago
You can still use Librewolf, if you manually remove the quarantine attribute after every update and reboot. It’s very annoying, but at least it’s possible for now

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/LibreWolf.app

DavideNL · a month ago
...or automatically remove the quarantine attribute: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45913209
DavideNL commented on Homebrew no longer allows bypassing Gatekeeper for unsigned/unnotarized software   github.com/Homebrew/brew/... · Posted by u/firexcy
theoldgreybeard · a month ago
This has turned into a such a pain point for me I'm probably just going to ditch MacOS on my next hardware refresh and insist on a Linux-based workstation. I already use Linux for everything else, changing for $DAY_JOB is trivial.
DavideNL · a month ago
Meanwhile, just automatically remove the quarantine attribute: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45913209

u/DavideNL

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