• From_the_river_to_the_sea [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    2·
    5 hours ago

    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.

  • SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org
    71·
    16 hours ago

    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.

    • Lytia @lemmy.today
      5·
      9 hours ago

      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.

      • SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org
        2·
        48 minutes ago

        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.)

  • Otter@lemmy.ca
    4·
    16 hours ago

    What are the optimizations? I seem to be getting a worse experience vs. using it in the device browser since there’s no adblocking