resist1984 @resist1984@social.privacytools.io

@y0ngg4n This pretty much covers it: https://git.disroot.org/cyberMonk/liberethos_paradigm/src/branch/master/rap_sheets/cloudflare.md

I actually cannot buy something because the /only/ sites that sell it are Cloudflare sites or #Amazon, both of which I boycott. I will therefore go without.

Dear #searx developers: plz make the “site:” parameter capable of wildcards so I don't have to add this to every search => “-site:amazon.com -site:amazon.de -site:amazon.ca -site:amazon.fr -site:amazon.sa -site:amazon.co.uk”.. and then do the same for ebay. ATM it's like a game of whack-a-mole.

@Bmz @txusinho @jb @Mojeek @werwolf maybe scratch #Mojeek off.. I've used them in the past, but I just got a 403 error when searching over tor. So perhaps mojeek is becoming Tor-hostile.

@obsolete29 what's that? wirecutter.com redirects to nytimes.com

@DavidB Such a search engine would naturally root out the /professional/ reviewers, and let the more meaningful reviews (from consumers) rise to the top.

@DavidB I would be useful if there were a search engine for product/service reviews that would down-rank results with those kind of links.

@kzimmermann Well Amazon is pretty much enemy number one to ethical consumers and Amazon's competition is struggling. So I'm more bothered by everyone being sent to Amazon than about competitors doing the same tracking. It's a good point though.. I noticed reviews tend not to mention the negatives & I figured it was just a lazy/incompetent reviewer. But the kickback makes it all more clear.

Product review articles almost always give a link to where to buy the thing, and that link always points to #Amazon, which I find disturbing. Are they getting a kickback from Amazon, or are they just being lazy? I'm guessing the latter.

@nytpu @epoch #AntiX might be worth a look. It's quite small, has a live distro, and has GPG. But since it's also installable, I'm not sure if the GPG is on the live version or if it's only installable.

@epoch @nytpu It's a long list, but if you recognize any that are purely live distros that would cover your needs. I noticed Tails and Knoppix are both listed.. although possibly not as small as you're after.

@nytpu @epoch I suspect #Tails linux would have GPG pre-installed so you could do that. Tails is a live distro that runs off a USB stick. Also, you can get a list of distros that include GPG here: https://distrowatch.com/search.php?pkg=gnupg&relation=similar&pkgver=&distrorange=InLatest#pkgsearch

@nytpu The perverse thing about the way #mastodon.social blocks an account is they print a false msg to the user saying “this account has been suspended”, when in fact the account is quite functional (it's only been “suspended” on another node not by mamot.fr).

@nytpu Mastodon.social apparently cherry-picks just 1 account they want to block. E.g. they block altlink@mamot.fr (instead of all of mamot.fr, I think). So it's a shame there are sloppy power abusers who block a whole node over one individual. BTW, if you are not on mastodon.social, I suggest following altlink@mamot.fr. It's a beneficial bot that DMs you when you post a #Cloudflare link.

@rysiek before wifi it'd just be a matter of unplugging ethernet. You could still deny the device wifi access, but now that #Amazon is building their own #Ring network it's even more dicey. Short of tampering, voiding warranties, you'd probably need a signal jammer that targets open APs. 🤔

The right to be online should be coupled with a right to be offline.

There has been a fight for the right to be online (in part to push for Internet in rural America & for the poor). Superficially that's fair, but the problem is govs already operate with the assumption that people are online. So people are being forced to use & trust svcs from dubious gov-admin'd sites (e.g. #Cloudflare). How can I opt out? Now we need a right to be *offline*.