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EdgeDeflector
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Where do these buttons come from? I get them when hovering over certain links.
I used to use Bing to DuckDuckGo in conjunction with EdgeDeflector to ensure all links that open Edge and Bing redirect to Firefox and DDG instead, but EdgeDeflector no longer works now, so I guess I don't need that extension anymore. Thanks for pointing that out, I hadn't realized till now that the extension wasn't necessary anymore.
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The dark defaults of Microsoft Edge
There's also the dark bit where changing your default browser in Windows doesn't apply globally.
That is, some UI widgets will still open Edge even if you change the default.
There used to be an awesome open source project called EdgeDeflector that would fix that. Microsoft got wise to it and found a way to neutralize it, which killed the project. https://github.com/da2x/EdgeDeflector
- It May Not Look Like Much, But it’s Got it Where it Counts.pretty much all of those are.
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How to redirect Windows 11 Microsoft Edge links to Firefox or Chrome (working as of Jan 2023)
1) Install EdgeDeflector. (Note: Edge deflector is deprecated without the next fix. You no longer need to browse into Default Apps to select EdgeDeflector).
- Web-Standard Frontpage Layout (Template)
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I own my PC, btw
It’s a very intentional thing that Microsoft ignores the default browser in many cases. They’ve already killed one workaround tool that fixes this: https://github.com/da2x/EdgeDeflector
- It May Not Look Like Much, But it’s Got it Where it Counts
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search from win logo opens internet search results in EDGE, my default browser is chrome.
Idk if Edgeeflector can actually overcome this but it worth a try yk
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How to set Firefox as your default browser on Windows
*cough* edgedeflector *cough*
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Pretty sure that Microsoft created this context menu to promote Search with Bing.
It probably opens Edge anyway, so you could use EdgeDeflector to handle the browser opening.
privacytools.io
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Ash HN: My country is undergoing a coup, which encryption software should I use?
FYI, Privacy Guides is a shitshow. It was formerly privacytools.io[1], and in 2019, the creator[2] of privacytools.io stopped contributing[3] and a new contributor[4] immediately focused on donations[5], became the admin[6] and took control[7] of most assets, including donations but excluding the domain and Twitter account[8]. In 2021, the creator of privacytools.io launched a new privacytools.io[9] and added affiliate links[10], and the Privacy Guides team shut down r/privacytoolsIO rather than return it[11] to the creator. Like I said, a shitshow.
[1] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io
[2] https://www.reddit.com/user/BurungHantu
[3] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commits?auth...
[4] https://github.com/jonaharagon
[5] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commits?afte...
[6] https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commit/4b60a...
[7] https://redd.it/tuo7mm
[8] https://twitter.com/privacytoolsIO
[9] https://redd.it/pxtw2y
[10] https://www.reddit.com/r/VPNTorrents/comments/raftz6/i_made_...
[11] https://redd.it/qk7vn0
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Top Android Phones From China Are Packed With Spyware, Research Finds
Yes, we know you're still mad we won't add Threema. It was thoroughly discussed in our old organization.
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L'Europe se dirige vers une fermeture de Facebook après que l'Irlande a déclaré qu'elle envisage d'empêcher Meta d'envoyer les données des utilisateurs européens vers les États-Unis
en 2019: Signal has copious privacy issues making it unfit for privacytools.io endorsement.
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Is Signal %100 open source?
Signal is just another walled garden and has a lot of other problems too: https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/issues/779
- Why is it a good idea to stay updated and avoid unsupported releases
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Lukol – A “Privacy” Search Engine
Or the fork which is much more active these days https://docs.searxng.org/
In the past it Lukol served Google Ads: https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/issues/1557#...
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Will mu4e+mbsync not work for Gmail after this month?
Never heard of it. Fastmail apparently never made it on to the privacytools.io list for its geographical location. See here for some other recommendations. There are also malifence and posteo. I use posteo and mailbox.org. The main two weird things about posteo is that there is no spam folder (detected spam is rejected with no option to change this), and you can't use a custom domain (because they don't want to have any information on you/your name). Mailbox.org can optionally reject spam and lets you use your custom domain. I like it a lot so far.
- How Signal keep his independency
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Brave is rolling out a new feature called De-AMP, which allows Brave users to bypass Google-hosted AMP pages, and instead visit the content’s publisher directly
The correct link is https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/pull/657
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All privacy tools we recommend on a single page
Worth noting the "admins" of that site wrote the content for it, check for yourself https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/commits/master BurungHantu hadn't written anything really since 2016.
What are some alternatives?
MSEdgeRedirect - A Tool to Redirect News, Search, Widgets, Weather and More to Your Default Browser
privacyguides.org - Protect your data against global mass surveillance programs.
nativefier - Make any web page a desktop application
brave-browser - Brave browser for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows.
ungoogled-chromium - Google Chromium, sans integration with Google
nitter - Alternative Twitter front-end
brave-core - Core engine for the Brave browser for mobile and desktop. For issues https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues
BlockTheSpot - Video, audio & banner adblock/skip for Spotify
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
libreddit - Private front-end for Reddit
VBoxHardenedLoader - VirtualBox VM detection mitigation loader
Pi-hole - A black hole for Internet advertisements