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
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.
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
