BATify extension brings Brave Rewards to Firefox and Chrome
A new browser extension, BATify, brings Brave Rewards’ creator-tipping system and BAT-wallet features to Firefox and Google Chrome.
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Firefox, Security Keys, U2F, and Google Advanced Protection
How to use U2F security keys (USB A or C, Bluetooth, others) with Firefox and Google’s Advanced Account Protection program.
Personal data should be auto-delete after a few months by default
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) makes it clear that apps and services must delete their customers’ data when it’s no longer useful.
How to detect Brave despite it not having a unique User-Agent
Brave browser pretends to be Google Chrome to avoid being blocked. You can, however, still detect it by analyzing its uniqueness.
New Google Podcasts app: who needs data portability anyway?
The new Google Podcast app doesn’t play well with other podcast apps. It doesn’t support some podcast standards, or importing or exporting subscriptions.
Don’t trust YouTube’s break-reminders
The YouTube app is supposed to remind you to take periodic breaks, but fails to prompt users across devices. Feature is of limited use.
Moved to Hetzner VPS: Shorter legal docs as a competitive advantage
Linode required me to agree to updated Terms of Service with not enough time to review them. Hetzner’s full contract was shorter than Linode’s preamble.
How to monitor system bandwidth usage statistics with Darkstat
Set up network monitoring and measure bandwidth consumption using Darkstat on Fedora Linux with systemd service management.
Problems to expect when using the Apache mod_cache module
Five implementation problems and gotchas when using Apache’s HTTP caching module. Learn how to keep your HTTPD caching proxy server from messing up.
Actually secure DNS over TLS in Unbound
Resolve a common DNS over TLS configuration mistake in the Unbound DNS server that makes you vulnerable to attacker-in-the-middle resolver interceptions.
Get the Apple News app for MacOS in unsupported regions
Here is how to enable and unhide the Apple News app on MacOS when you’re not in one of the News app’s supported countries.
The tiny NFC area on the Nokia 7 Plus
The Nokia 7 Plus has an unusually small NFC contact area and it’s located in an unusual place. Here’s how to find it.