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(DIR) Post #A8FI8K1oi9o5ssiWzw by werwolf@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T14:23:07Z
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There are privacy friendly frontends for YouTube, Twitter, Reddit, etc. But I've never seen one for Github.I'd love to have a privacy friendly frontend for Github which worked completely without JavaScript, since there are a lot of interesting projects there, but Github's usability without JavaScript is mediocre. And the fact that Microsoft is constantly tracking me make me sick.
(DIR) Post #A8FIS7VgxllYqr8DPk by tychosoft@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T14:26:59Z
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@werwolf The most disturbing part about github is actually not even that Microsoft now owns it, bad enough, but that they have Nat Friedman in charge of it. I once had the displeasure of meeting him. He is someone I would not even trust to be a school crossing guard for fear he would mug school children for their lunch money,
(DIR) Post #A8FJND7eljwilR70QS by huy_ngo@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T14:37:04Z
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@werwolf I thought there's some CLI/TUI tools that allow reading GH issues or something. Not sure about PR tho.
(DIR) Post #A8FKeEsrZbbh6VsNeq by person@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T14:51:35Z
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@werwolf What the can you even do with such a frontend? It's useful when you just watch videos or look at threads. But just looking at source code? You know you can do 'git clone' for that right? There is still use for YouTube, Twitter and Reddit without the interactive part; there isn't for GitHub. If you don't like the way GitHub does things you can use one of the alternatives. Besides GitHub isn't personal in the way YouTube and Twitter are. Stuff you do there is public by it's nature.
(DIR) Post #A8FLdORgdb0aQKKDlA by werwolf@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T15:02:38Z
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@person I don't want to make git clone to Github since that would give Microsoft information about what's my IP and what projects I'm cloning from my IP. It could work as a proxy, so the IP that Microsoft gets wasn't mine, but the server IP.And of course that I use alternatives, but there are a ton of interesting projects on Github.
(DIR) Post #A8FLuXGR6UcohGEkIy by dachary@mastodon.online
2021-06-13T15:04:56Z
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@werwolf @cnx I share the sentiment and embarked into the @fedeproxy project (which started last month). In a nutshell it is a proxy that sits between forges and incrementally provides #interoperability and #federation. Even when forges like #GitHub or #GitLab are not cooperating.🚧 It is not implemented yet but I'm paid by the EU to work on it 50% of my time for the next 8 months. Bookmark it for xmas 🎅 ?Unless you're willing to work with us (it's not just me) which would be fantastic. ✨
(DIR) Post #A8FM21M9cUtq3MTrdY by resist1984@social.privacytools.io
2021-06-13T15:06:48Z
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@dachary @werwolf a frontend to #Github would only be a marginal improvement, and in the end you're still bringing business to a socially irresponsible privacy offender. Luckily there are tens of good alternatives that make it easy to ditch github: https://git.sdf.org/humanacollaborator/humanacollabora/src/branch/master/forge_comparison.md
(DIR) Post #A8FMr2wLUWFTjYjvgO by werwolf@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T15:16:06Z
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@resist1984 @dachary I've never used Github myself and I never will. But when exploring and cloning other projects which are on Github I don't have other option.So a software that acted as a proxy between Github and my browser which could let me clone projects without revealing Microsoft's my IP would be cool, plus a frontend that I could get redirected to when I click a Github link, like I do with YouTube and Invidious
(DIR) Post #A8FNswKP943BlDSZbk by resist1984@social.privacytools.io
2021-06-13T15:26:33Z
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@werwolf @dachary For cloning Github projects, there already is a privacy-respecting frontend: git. To clone over Tor, do something like "git clone --config http.proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8118 https://github.com/nasa/fprime"
(DIR) Post #A8FO7B2BGV8VQOizIG by werwolf@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T15:30:16Z
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@dachary @cnx @fedeproxy it sounds like a cool project
(DIR) Post #A8FOw5h4sd5ddA8DCa by person@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T15:39:38Z
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@werwolf Your IP is barely worth anything, it can be changed very easily and it just isn't as effective as other methods websites usually use. But if you are *still* concerned go grab a VPN. Or host one yourself.
(DIR) Post #A8FQ9eqzZFlWObnmb2 by dachary@mastodon.online
2021-06-13T15:22:05Z
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@resist1984 @werwolf a frontend to #GitHub is the last thing I want. @fedeproxy is about interoperability/federation between forges which is different. The best way to think about it is mail: I don't care that someone is using Outlook as long as I can use Thunderbird, because mail servers talk SMTP. I fully intend to use Gitea in the future and communicate with people using GitHub because both forges agree on a protocol. And until then ... @fedeproxy fills the gap. Makes sense?
(DIR) Post #A8FQ9fL7lDrtu3tqYy by resist1984@social.privacytools.io
2021-06-13T15:30:28Z
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@dachary @fedeproxy @werwolf does fedeproxy give a way to submit bug reports on Github projects without having a Github account?
(DIR) Post #A8FQ9flMBgqtDQAnS4 by resist1984@social.privacytools.io
2021-06-13T15:37:05Z
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@werwolf @fedeproxy @dachary looks like it can (https://fedeproxy.eu/blog/2021/01/16/what-is-fedeproxy/) but wouldn't that require some action from the owner of the github project? If so, that's really limiting. I'm sitting on unfiled bug reports because the only way to file them is to work with Github, and often I can't reach the authors (who assume people will reach them in the GH #bug tracker).
(DIR) Post #A8FQ9g82pL04Lmmuoa by dachary@mastodon.online
2021-06-13T15:44:50Z
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@resist1984 @werwolf @fedeproxy it does not require an action from the owner of the GitHub project. But it requires something more difficult: creating an account on GitHub which has efficient anti-bot measures. And it goes against their TOS. So we are in hostile territory.I can be crowdsourced though and I'm excited to launch that... once @fedeproxy has actual code working 🙂 People/organizations who already have a GitHub account could create one more and donate it to a fedeproxy server.
(DIR) Post #A8FQ9gVnP1zzXRtsps by resist1984@social.privacytools.io
2021-06-13T15:52:30Z
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@dachary @fedeproxy @werwolf Crowd-sourcing accounts could work for a while, but it's anyone's guess whether MS robotically detects and suspends shared accounts. If the bug reporting fails to reach Github in a sustainable way, will fedeproxy still accept bug reports that don't make it over to Github?
(DIR) Post #A8FsiIwlo1k5IyoVt2 by jrballesteros05@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T21:12:45Z
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@werwolf Yo empezarÃa primero por evitar el uso de Github, pero entiendo tu posición perfectamente. Yo borré mi cuenta y cuando encuentro un proyecto interesante y quiero apoyarlo reportando errores no hay forma de hacerlo. Pero me parece ilógico que la excusa de usar github sea solo para obtener visibilidad. Puedo llegar a entender que una empresa use github pero me cuesta creer que mucho proyecto comunitario esté ahi y de paso promocionando herramientas propietarias como Discord.
(DIR) Post #A8FteAKC1MoLMMMMtc by werwolf@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T21:23:45Z
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@jrballesteros05 yo no tengo cuenta de github, ni quiero tener. Pero para revisar otros proyectos que ya están ahà me gustarÃa tener una manera privada y segura de echarles un vistazo
(DIR) Post #A8FuR4Q2lb3JEWPqxk by jrballesteros05@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T21:32:33Z
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@werwolf Entiendo, es que son unos cabrones. NO les cuesta nada dejar ver el código fuente de un proyecto sin tener que habilitar el puto JS.
(DIR) Post #A8FwPPG2WAvNBz4Svo by demoakracia@pleroma.libretux.com
2021-06-13T21:50:15.590462Z
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@werwolf En disroot se está usando gitea. Desconozco mucho este tema, y no se si es tan potente, pero es soft libre con licencia mit @jrballesteros05
(DIR) Post #A8FwPPiknPtQd2VOgi by jrballesteros05@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T21:54:42Z
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@demoakracia @werwolf Yo uso Codeberg, que es un gitea, pero el problema que veo no es la falta de alternativas, sino que Github está casi todo centralizado. Hay dos cosas que me molestan: 1. NO poder colaborar sin tener una puta cuenta de Github, cosa que me niego. He visto un par de proyectos donde quiero reportar errores pero eso me ha limitado mucho. 2. No hay forma de echar un vistazo al código sin habilitar el puto JS, si lo haces puedes ver el código pero a costa de recibir trackers
(DIR) Post #A8FylXWGgJCP5wLM4O by demoakracia@pleroma.libretux.com
2021-06-13T21:59:44.948999Z
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@jrballesteros05 Eso va en linea con el pensamiento obtuso de las multinacionales, "todo es mio y si quieres algo te registras y yo hago caja". @werwolf
(DIR) Post #A8FylXxD48kYRUws40 by werwolf@fosstodon.org
2021-06-13T22:21:06Z
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@demoakracia @jrballesteros05 sÃ, yo también uso Codeberg y otra solución libre que mantengo en mi servidor, Cgit.Y sÃ, Github jodió la naturaleza descentralizada de Git (git-send-mail, con esa intención se creó git) para poder minar más datos de usuarios.
(DIR) Post #A8G1W4RYnoj0R6SO8G by josias@theres.life
2021-06-13T22:51:56Z
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@werwolf I love this idea and would totally help out how I can.
(DIR) Post #A8GGn6ZBf2qTFvbYqO by clacke@libranet.de
2021-06-14T01:42:17Z
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@werwolf @resist1984 @dachary Note that when you use e.g. invidious to view youtube you're still getting the stream directly from Google.
(DIR) Post #A8GpQ245jDbX1unGfw by cnx@nixnet.social
2021-06-13T14:37:33.409186Z
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@werwolf, may I introduce you to @dachary and the https://fedeproxy.eu
(DIR) Post #A9TMhhlADs25GKdcPI by thegnuguy@fosstodon.org
2021-07-20T07:12:41Z
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@werwolf What are your favorite youtube front ends? and reddit?
(DIR) Post #A9TOpJTwZQmsBvL5SS by werwolf@fosstodon.org
2021-07-20T07:36:28Z
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@thegnuguy for YouTube Invidious is great and works without JavaScript. In Android you may use Newpipe, which is awesome.For Reddit I tend to use teddit, but libreddit is also a great option. For Android I use Infinity.