What do you think of the Nora Android app and desktop browser optimized for social networking services? Does anyone use it? Is it safe and private?
Github link: https://github.com/nonbili/Nora
F-droid link: https://f-droid.org/packages/jp.nonbili.nora
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This is a web wrapper for several proprietary social apps. It is effectively a browser locked into a pre-approved set of URLs. Just use a real browser.
I would not use middleware when it comes to any app you need to log into. Just use your browser.
Just use your browser of choice.
It’s Foss after all, I’ve been using it for a while I’ve not got anything disadvantages + it makes social media slower which I digged so much!;
Just installed, nothing but network permissions enabled and Facebook at least works great. Better than slimsocial. There are no trackers so what stays in the webwrapper stays in the webwrapper. So I feel fine using it with a anon account and 0 friends. Ad blocking works just about as well as any other solution, occasional ads in feed. But then I also filter ads at DNS level.
No. The app itself is private according to Exodus (0 trackers and only 7 permissions) but you will have no privacy on the any of these sites.
Icky corporate social media.
If you must use them, get Qubes running on a cheap laptop and dedicate a Whonix VM to each “service”. They won’t know where you are or what sites you visit. Stay off of the “feed”. Even then, assume they are acting against your interests.
That is quite unnecessarily extreme for any threat model. Even if we ignore your bringing of a thermonuclear bomb to this metaphorical fist fight, most social media sites block Tor and require a lot of PII to even begin consuming content, so you’d probably be better off practicing self control and avoiding those sites entirely.
I agree about avoiding the sites entirely. That is the best approach.
I disagree about running Qubes and Whonix. It’s actually so easy - there’s no reason not to try it.
(Unless you’re in a country where using Tor is penalized.)
I don’t mean to say that running / installing Qubes or Whonix is difficult per se, as a matter of fact I use both on my main machine, rather it’s not very intuitive to set up as, and likely far beyond the threatmodel of, someone brand new to privacy.
What are the optimizations? I seem to be getting a worse experience vs. using it in the device browser since there’s no adblocking
According to the Github page, there are no ads
if you could add Ublock origin it would be awesome