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Seeker
21-01-21, 11:31 AM
This sounds like a good thing but I'll leave it for people who understand the difference between http and ipfs to explain if it is not. If I understood it (and I'm unsure) http requires the information to be resident on one server somewhere, whereas ipfs it is distributed and thus harder to block.

https://techxplore.com/news/2021-01-brave-browser-peer-to-peer-ipfs-protocol.html

and the browser:

https://brave.com/

I've installed it and it works as a browser whether it's working differently, I have no idea - it seems quick.
Bibio
21-01-21, 05:15 PM
oohh dear, its napster all over again.....
Seeker
21-01-21, 05:23 PM
oohh dear, its napster all over again.....

wasn't Napster a copyright issue though and was sued by the Recording Artists of America?
Bibio
21-01-21, 05:28 PM
yes and........ think about it
Seeker
21-01-21, 05:40 PM
yes and........ think about it

I'm a bit slow, I don't see the problem. The TOR browser has been out for years which allows surfing of the dark web if you're that way inclined and it's a distributed platform.

I've started using the Brave browser and it's informed me I've saved 13.9Mb of bandwidth, 22 seconds in load times and it's blocked 430 ads/trackers (it lets you know everytime you open a new tab). I only loaded it on this laptop 20 mins ago.
ethariel
21-01-21, 06:05 PM
https://www.theregister.com/2021/01/19/brave_decentralized_browser/

Looks promising, I'll stick with duckduckgo as a search engine for now tho, still too much new a technology and not trouble free as yet, looks much more resource hungry due to it's model, kind of feels like a 3h session on chrome with 30 tabs open.
Dave20046
21-01-21, 10:24 PM
Yep, I like Brave but you can encounter some issues with it (mainly websites refusing to play ball) Mozilla firefox is a fair balance but not in the same kettle.


Bibio, I get what you're saying - where does the line get drawn on peer to peer ...anything. But to be honest millions of people pirate stuff via a browser on http/https so I don't think that argument will restart.
Tor's stood the test of time and is the nearest big tech (and more controversial than napster ever was) - Napster died because they encouraged pirating in some form (or didn't warn against sufficiently) the likes of limewire who rigorously warned against it but allowed users to indulge all they want survived for years until people realised you didn't need to torrent it.

Some apps are crawling networks you're connected to and the likes of google/apple will link you from your web identity to others on the same IP (wifi). They know more than you'd think, I'd advise swapping whatsapp for signal and probably swap gmail for something else. I'm somewhat less arsed about my search and web history but using my private communications for advertising (at best) I find pretty creepy.
Bibio
24-01-21, 03:40 PM
what a needy POS. i installed it onto the new phone to try and it keeps sending me messages about turning on privacy reports and other stuff.... ermm why? so it can spy on my browsing habits.... FO.


i'm not that much of a nerd but i know enough to turn things off, which seems impossible with a spyphone.
Seeker
24-01-21, 04:09 PM
what a needy POS. i installed it onto the new phone to try and it keeps sending me messages about turning on privacy reports and other stuff.... ermm why? so it can spy on my browsing habits.... FO.


i'm not that much of a nerd but i know enough to turn things off, which seems impossible with a spyphone.


sorry it's not working well on your phone, works great on my laptops.