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Redmine Security & Privacy : RE: Removing amazon, google and bing searches from thunderbirdhttps://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/1461?r=1531#message-15312023-01-25T04:10:31Zbill-auger
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<p>thunderbird (not in Parabola). Still I think that some people may find it useful.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>thunderbird is in Parabola - it is renamed 'icedove' - it is currently broken because it is such a PITA to maintain; but whatever youd like to do to thunderbird, must be done to icedove instead - parabola can not have a 'thunderbird' by that name</p> Security & Privacy : Removing amazon, google and bing searches from thunderbirdhttps://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/14612022-11-01T14:17:32Znona
<p>Yes, you read well: thunderbird (not in Parabola). Still I think that some people may find it useful.</p>
<p>My system is currently dead, and I am using someone else's machine. Thunderbird 102.3.3 comes with search engines which are not easily removed. Therefore, the idea of sharing how to do it:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open your profile folder
<ol>
<li>Go to Help</li>
<li>More Troubleshooting Information <img src="https://labs.parabola.nu/attachments/download/1406/more_troubleshooting_information.png" title="(menu) Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" alt="(menu) Help -> More Troubleshooting Information" /></li>
<li>Search for profile directory <img src="https://labs.parabola.nu/attachments/download/1405/search.png" title="search for profile directory inside troubleshooting information" alt="search for profile directory inside troubleshooting information" /></li>
<li>Open directory <img src="https://labs.parabola.nu/attachments/download/1403/profile_directory.png" title="(section) Application basics -> Profile Directory -> Open directory" alt="(section) Application basics -> Profile Directory -> Open directory" /></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Replace comma separated values in <code>chrome_debugger_profile/prefs.js</code>
<ol>
<li>Look for a line with something like this<br /><pre>
extensions.webextensions.uuids
</pre></li>
<li>Delete (for example) amazon <strong>do not forget the comma</strong> (the value may be different for you)<br /><pre><code class="yaml syntaxhl"><span class="s">\"amazondotcom@search.mozilla.org\":\"b90a37bb-0150-47e8-b92e-2e502447d339\",</span>
</code></pre></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Replace comma separated values in <code>prefs.js</code>
<ol>
<li>Look for a line with something like this<br /><pre>
extensions.webextensions.uuids
</pre></li>
<li>Delete (for example) amazon <strong>do not forget the comma</strong> (the value may be different for you)<br /><pre><code class="yaml syntaxhl"><span class="s">\"amazondotcom@search.mozilla.org\":\"b90a37bb-0150-47e8-b92e-2e502447d339\",</span>
</code></pre></li>
</ol>
</li>
<li>Delete comma separated values in <code>extension-preferences.json</code>. For example, amazon. <strong>Do not forget the comma</strong> (the value may be different for you)<br /><pre><code class="yaml syntaxhl"><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">amazondotcom@search.mozilla.org":{"permissions":["internal:svgContextPropertiesAllowed","internal:privateBrowsingAllowed"],"origins":[]},</span>
</code></pre></li>
<li>Delete braced and comma separated values in <code>extensions.json</code>. For example, amazon. <strong>Do not forget the comma</strong> (the value may be different for you)<br /><pre><code class="yaml syntaxhl"><span class="pi">{</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">id"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">amazondotcom@search.mozilla.org"</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">syncGUID"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">{xxxxx}"</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">version"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">1.1"</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">type"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">extension"</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">loader"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">updateURL"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">installOrigins"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">manifestVersion"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">2</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">optionsURL"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">optionsType"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">optionsBrowserStyle"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">true</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">aboutURL"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">defaultLocale"</span><span class="pi">:{</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">name"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">Amazon.com"</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">description"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">Amazon.com</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">Search"</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">creator"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">developers"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">translators"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">contributors"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">},</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">visible"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">true</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">active"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">true</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">userDisabled"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">false</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">appDisabled"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">false</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">embedderDisabled"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">false</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">installDate"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">xxxxx</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">applyBackgroundUpdates"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">1</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">path"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">skinnable"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">false</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">sourceURI"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">releaseNotesURI"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">softDisabled"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">false</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">foreignInstall"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">false</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">strictCompatibility"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">true</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">locales"</span><span class="pi">:[{</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">name"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">Amazon.com"</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">description"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">Amazon.com</span><span class="nv"> </span><span class="s">Search"</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">creator"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">developers"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">translators"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">contributors"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">locales"</span><span class="pi">:[</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">en"</span><span class="pi">]}],</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">targetApplications"</span><span class="pi">:[{</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">id"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">toolkit@mozilla.org"</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">minVersion"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">maxVersion"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">}],</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">targetPlatforms"</span><span class="pi">:[],</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">signedDate"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">seen"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">true</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">dependencies"</span><span class="pi">:[],</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">incognito"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">spanning"</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">userPermissions"</span><span class="pi">:{</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">permissions"</span><span class="pi">:[],</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">origins"</span><span class="pi">:[]},</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">optionalPermissions"</span><span class="pi">:{</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">permissions"</span><span class="pi">:[],</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">origins"</span><span class="pi">:[]},</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">icons"</span><span class="pi">:{</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">16"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">favicon.ico"</span><span class="pi">},</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">iconURL"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">blocklistState"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">0</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">blocklistURL"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">startupData"</span><span class="pi">:{},</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">hidden"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">true</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">installTelemetryInfo"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">recommendationState"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="nv">null</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">rootURI"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">resource://search-extensions/amazondotcom/"</span><span class="pi">,</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">location"</span><span class="pi">:</span><span class="s2">"</span><span class="s">app-builtin"</span><span class="pi">}</span><span class="err">,</span>
</code></pre></li>
</ol>
<p>The links (here)[<a class="external" href="https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/81">https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/81</a>] are dead.</p> Security & Privacy : Privacy Tools https://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/1196?r=1202#message-12022022-02-08T01:33:00Zpedro
<p>Another good resource where you can see a lot of useful information <a class="external" href="https://github.com/paulaime/Awesome-Privacy">https://github.com/paulaime/Awesome-Privacy</a></p>
<p><strong>Do not forget to check each site additionally</strong> , in its cleanliness it should look like <a class="external" href="https://guix.gnu.org/">https://guix.gnu.org/</a>, it does not collect cookies, does not collect fingerprints, no trackers, etc.</p>
<p>Hello Nona .Thanks for your message . I fully support you, but I see the solution to the problem differently.</p> Security & Privacy : RE: Privacy Tools https://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/1196?r=1201#message-12012022-02-07T19:26:49Znona
<p>Thanks. May be you can consider writing wiki pages about the tools which are free and aware of privacy. Furthermore, you can contribute to free other software to that end. Good luck.</p> Security & Privacy : Privacy Tools https://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/11962022-02-05T15:20:35Zpedro
<p>Hello everyone . Why is there so little information here?))</p>
<p>I suggest sharing useful free software and resources here!</p>
<p>For example, the well-known resource <a class="external" href="https://www.privacytools.io/">https://www.privacytools.io/</a>. Lots of useful information but I'm outraged why it doesn't have libre distros like Parabola or Hyperbola 2. It's a mystery to me. There is also a good resource <a class="external" href="https://x21.tools/desktop">https://x21.tools/desktop</a>. But I wanted to warn you that a site that respects the user's freedom will not install trackers, collect information about you, browser fingerprints, etc.</p> Security & Privacy : RE: searx as default search engine ?https://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/997?r=1086#message-10862021-10-19T00:13:49Ztelurtelur@mailnesia.com
<p>thanks for the insight</p> Security & Privacy : RE: searx as default search engine ?https://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/997?r=1084#message-10842021-10-18T17:45:36Znona
<p>telur wrote:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>parabola currently ship duckduckgo as default search engine for their various browser. may i suggest using searx for default ?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>There are many privacy-focused search engines.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>while others privacy search engines are good. i found searx the only one with their server code open source and anyone are free to make their own searx instance, so its more decentralized and trustable in my opinion.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>This is actually deceiving. Having a random entity to host the search engine (someone like the big G, who can analyse your traffic) does not provide you more privacy. Some search engines are decentralised, and some would claim that this provides more privacy too. It thus depends on your <em>decentralized</em> and <em>trustable</em> (trusty?) definition.</p>
<p>Even though having open-source allows you to analyse the code, that does not ensure that the implementation in a foreign system (which you can't control) actually complies to it. That is only one of the risks of SAAS (Software as a service).</p>
<p>The interest in privacy is very much appreciated.</p> Security & Privacy : RE: Torifying Parabolahttps://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/426?r=1083#message-10832021-10-18T17:33:40Znona
<p>It is technically not possible or advisable to route all traffic through Tor by itself. To do that, there is software which helps Tor to reroute traffic from HTTP, for instance. (<a href="http://rzuwtpc4wb3xdzrj3yeajsvm3fkq4vbeubm2tdxaqruzzzgs5dwemlad.onion/index.html#can-i-use-tor-with" class="external">More information</a> (or look for <ins>What programs can I use with Tor?</ins> on the <a href="https://www.torproject.org" class="external">Tor website</a> .) You would have to look into those solutions. One such solution is to create what is called a <em>transparent-proxy</em>. There are non-free operating systems which also accomplish the same task, and I only mention it, because it would be nice to make them free or you can adapt their code to Parabola.</p>
<p>Regarding using Tor in your system, you can just install <code>tor</code>, <code>torsocks</code> and <code>tor-openrc</code> like this:<br /><pre><code class="shell syntaxhl">pacman <span class="nt">-S</span> tor torsocks tor-openrc
</code></pre><br />You will have to modify <code>/etc/tor/torrc</code> as indicated by <code>tor-openrc</code>, which you can do by opening an editor with super-user privileges or simply replacing <code><contents></code> with what you need in the following code:<br /><pre><code class="shell syntaxhl">su
<span class="nb">cat</span> <span class="o"><<</span> <span class="no">EOF</span><span class="sh"> >> /etc/tor/torrc
<contents>
</span><span class="no">EOF
</span></code></pre><br />Again, <code><contents></code> is indicated when <code>tor-openrc</code> is installed, and you can uninstall and reinstall it to check the message, if needed.</p>
<p>Regarding browsers, and please, read the links I already provided, you can use your installed Tor with a SOCKS5 proxy, but in that case, you would have to consider about browser fingerprinting, leaked DNS, UDP and all those other terms mentioned in the links that I already provided.</p> Security & Privacy : searx as default search engine ?https://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/9972021-07-02T07:22:31Ztelurtelur@mailnesia.com
<p>parabola currently ship duckduckgo as default search engine for their various browser. may i suggest using searx for default ?</p>
<p>while others privacy search engines are good. i found searx the only one with their server code open source and anyone are free to make their own searx instance, so its more decentralized and trustable in my opinion.</p>
<p>sample public searx instance:<br /><a class="external" href="https://searx.run/">https://searx.run/</a></p>
<p>searx home page:<br /><a class="external" href="https://searx.me/">https://searx.me/</a></p>
<p>more articles:<br /><a class="external" href="https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/bb1jdk/your_opinions_on_duckduckgo_vs_searxme/">https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/bb1jdk/your_opinions_on_duckduckgo_vs_searxme/</a><br /><a class="external" href="https://lemmy.ml/post/29179">https://lemmy.ml/post/29179</a></p> Security & Privacy : RE: Torifying Parabolahttps://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/426?r=427#message-4272020-05-08T14:31:09Zdanielp3344
<p>Hi there!</p>
<p>If you have already installed tor you first need to do `sudo systemctl enable tor` and `sudo systemctl start tor`<br />That will start the tor service so programs can connect to it, once it's been enabled it will start every time your computer boots.<br />Next, for any program you want to connect over tor, you need to set proxy settings. If you use GNOME, and want all your programs to go through tor, go to settings->network->proxy turn on 'manual proxy' and where it says SOCKS put in 'localhost' and '9050'<br />The procedure for icecat is similar (It ignores system proxy settings), I recommend ticking the box for proxying DNS</p>
<p>Hope that helps.</p>
<p>One more thing, some programs will ignore systemwide proxy settings, so be careful if anonymity is essential and test them first to make sure the traffic is going through tor. Also, to run a program via tor on the command line use the 'torify' command IE `torify pacman -Syu'</p> Security & Privacy : Torifying Parabolahttps://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/4262020-05-08T14:18:05Zinfinite_recursion
<p>I'm a noob when it comes to using tor. I used to use Parrot Linux where Tor-Browser was installed by default and I used that. Here in parabola, there are a few resources,</p>
<p>tor<br />torsocks<br />openrc-tor</p>
<p>How to use these, please help.</p>
<p>torsocks as written in documentation can help torify applications. How to torify iceweasel?</p>
<p>Even better, how to torify everything, if it's even possible?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p> Security & Privacy : RE: Criptexthttps://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/221?r=230#message-2302019-11-05T08:55:29Zanarcobuda
<p>oh, hey, thanks for the recommendation<br />i will take a look at it</p> Security & Privacy : RE: Criptexthttps://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/221?r=229#message-2292019-11-04T16:48:38Zbill-auger
<p>the libreplanet mailing list is ideal for these general sort of<br />"what do fossies recommend?" questions</p>
<p><a class="external" href="https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss">https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss</a></p>
<p>ive never used any of these myself, but the email services that<br />seem to be the most popular in the libre and fediverse<br />communities are cock.li, protonmail, disroot, riseup, and tutanota</p> Security & Privacy : RE: Criptexthttps://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/221?r=228#message-2282019-11-04T15:52:32Zfreemor
<p>I'm not a good one to ask because the answer would be the mail server I run myself. I haven't used someone elses computer for email for probably close to 10 years.</p> Security & Privacy : RE: Criptexthttps://labs.parabola.nu/boards/12/topics/221?r=227#message-2272019-11-04T15:22:43Zanarcobuda
<p>it looks interesting, i will take a look at it later<br />what about e-mail services? which one did you enjoy most?</p>