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spaceboyon Ask HN: Do you avoid Medium.com links?

With Medium custom domains, it's hard to tell if an article is on Medium. Personally I avoid Medium like the plague[1], and the custom domains have been a real problem. Although the interface usually gives the article away and I can tell it's a Medium post. Don't let custom domains fool you!

[1] https://medium.com/@joe_wegner/why-i-dont-write-for-medium-c...

spaceboyon Is Private Browsing Really Private?

Probably relevant: "Google removes secret agent warning from Chrome’s incognito mode" https://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/app/...

    “Pages you view in this tab won’t appear in your browser history
    or search history, and they won’t leave other traces, like cookies,
    on your device after you close all incognito tabs.
    Any files you download or bookmarks you create will be preserved,
    however. Going incognito doesn’t affect the behavior of other people,
    servers, or software. Be wary of surveillance by secret agents
    or people standing behind you.”

The new version is:

    Pages you view in incognito tabs won’t stick around in your browser’s
    history, cookie store, or search history after you’ve closed all of your
    incognito tabs. Any files you download or bookmarks you create will be kept.
    Going incognito doesn’t affect the behavior of other people, servers, software,
    or people standing behind you.

spaceboyon Flarum: Forums Made Simple

I like this, however there's just something about vBulletin's and PHPBB's layout that makes me feel fuzzy inside. Perhaps its nostalgia, or bias, but it feels weird browsing a forum with the layout in Flarum and Vanilla[1] too.

[1] https://vanillaforums.com/en/software/

spaceboyon Startpage – private search engine

Thanks for explaining this!

spaceboyon Cryptostorm, a token-based VPN network with no logging (for real)

Can someone explain this part: "Tor .onion access seamless, native in-browser magic". Does this mean I can access a .onion site with a VPN? Because that would be very weird.

spaceboyon Startpage – private search engine

Does anyone know if there is a considerable difference between https://startpage.com/ and https://eu.startpage.com/ ?

spaceboyon Startpage – private search engine

A few other alternative search engines:

Searx : https://searx.me

Searx Instances : https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/wiki/Searx-instances

Ecosia : https://www.ecosia.org

DeuSu : https://deusu.org

Also staying on topic, anyone remember Cuil? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuil

spaceboyon Phantom Island

Temporary zones where I can work on crypto for a few months before fleeing and leaving no trace. Nice