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@ACK-J it seems ublock origin now also blocks LAN. Would installing Port Authority have any benefit? https://teddit.net/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/ooie4u/psa_ublock_origin_added_two_new_stock_filter/

@ACK-J thanks for your honest answer. Either-way I appreciate that you brought attention to this.

@ACK-J that sounds very good for doing research. I am not sure if it will be listed because the less add-ons you need the better, but let's see what others...

I think it would be worth it to add these apps in a separate section listing FOSS alternatives. For the UK I saw this app popping up in f-droid: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/covidsecure.uk.venuecheckin/...

@lrq3000 software/covid-19 ?

> In this PR, the plan is to move away from specifying any `about:config` defaults, and go over to providing screenshots with UI facing options, which is necessary for Google...

@rusty-snake if `privacy.firstparty.isolate` is on I believe you are right. But generally on mobile this won't be the case for most users as afaik this is not enabled by default....

> This is not what we've come to expect from macOS - there is an expected delay after wakeup where the captive portal check has to timeout before the default...

@pinkisemils it would be great if that check could be skipped when captive portal is disabled. Many security minded people disable this as captive portals are an attack surface.

It's not about leaking data. Captive portals can be used in attacks by replicating wifi networks and auto open websites as captive portal. Therefore execute webpages within insecure browsers used...