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  • totally-not-spyware

    webkit; but pwned

    iOS as well - JailbreakMe[0] and TotallyNotSpyware[1] use a WebKit exploit to get out of the sandbox to then trigger other exploits that allow full system compromise/control.

    0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JailbreakMe

    1: https://github.com/JakeBlair420/totally-not-spyware

  • interop

    web-platform-tests Interop project

    Open Web Advocacy has been very clear that they want competition on iOS, not Chrome specifically. The reason being that the absence of competition is currently allowing Apple to deteriorate the web experience on iOS, preventing the web and web apps from competing with native apps. Their objective is to lift these artificial limitations imposed by Apple and free the web.

    OWA members have actually been actively reporting WebKit bugs and interacting with the Safari team to help prioritise features and bug fixes on Twitter and elsewhere, showing the goal is to improve the overall web experience on iOS, not let Chrome to become dominant. Here is one of their detailed bug report: https://github.com/web-platform-tests/interop-2022/issues/84.

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  • UrlChecker

    Android app by TrianguloY: URLCheck

    URL Checker is the shim browser that you're looking for:

    https://github.com/TrianguloY/UrlChecker

    It also integrates ClearUrls functionality (https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon) to remove tracking from links. This feature is optional.

  • ClearURLs-Addon

    ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy.

    URL Checker is the shim browser that you're looking for:

    https://github.com/TrianguloY/UrlChecker

    It also integrates ClearUrls functionality (https://github.com/ClearURLs/Addon) to remove tracking from links. This feature is optional.

  • epiphany

    Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/epiphany

    They used to have a port of Safari for Windows. It was as popular as you'd expect. Having said that, WebKit - the engine underpinning Safari - is open source with BSD and LGPL 2.1 compatible licensing (https://webkit.org/project/). In addition, they make the engine available for use on Linux (https://webkit.org/downloads/). Gnome Epiphany is a browser based on WebKit (https://github.com/GNOME/epiphany). According to their manifesto, they support Simplicity, Standards Compliance and Software Freedom. Specifically, "Epiphany opposes the dominance of the web by proprietary software web browsers. Today's chief offender is Google Chrome, a browser that purports to be open source, yet actually includes several proprietary components."

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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