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Hi @nicolaasjan, could you giver more details on how you set it up? I reckon you are not using the external lav filters?

Besides, if you have a good gpu, you can get mpc-hc to decode on the gpu. My problem with these last versions of mpc-hc and lav filters is that they are too heavy for my gpus. I use a 1.7.13 mod of mpc-hc and lav filters 0.74 that work as I want them in my set up,after years of progressive tweaking. These new versions exceed my gpu capabilities. I may need to upgrade said gpus, and increase my RAM before truly trying to tweak these versions.

I can only install ublock and umatrix. Not worth it. Will wait unitl supernium is up for xp

Hi there. Provided you have (at least) python 3.4.4 installed (including adding it to the path), you can run https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/open-with/, much lie the old xul addon in sp52. @cmalex, I wonder if you can clarify a bit how to set python38 to use it instead of 3.4.4 - see my note in Cheers!

Hi there, @cmalex. I've been trying to set up pyton 3.8 in xp, but the instructions in PythonXP\README are not enough for me, poor illiterate folk, to make it work. Could you explain in more detail (as in spoonfed) how to set it up, and what items to include in path to run it? Thank you very much.

Yup. It seems to work well on vanilla. But it doesn't have the Bookmark search plus 2 (that i use in mypal68) which allows the fetching of boolmarks favicons. In sp52, I manage to prevent it, and cant figure out how to get it back, at least until I get all my favicons into places sqlite.

Thanks. It installs, but doesn't work at all. A pity.

I'm just wondering if anyone can figure where to find http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/addons/55977. It is the predecessor of bookmark search plus 2, which runs very well in mypal. I want its predecessor to test it in sp52. Cheers!

I was surprised and happy to get a 0%, repeatedly, even though my IP was constant. Surprising it runs in NM28. I can;t run it in sp52. But that may be a function of the many tweaks in the profile (pointless to run these kinds of tests in a fresh profile). Interesting it did not recognize you by your IP, though. I take all these tests with a grain of salt, lemon and shot of tequila, anyway. To run them, I have to give them access I don't give any webpage, except my accounts in the e-oligopoly. I suspect they are giving me leeway to feel safe and go visit ok-ru more often, to learn my tastes and send my way their smartest bots to figure out my deepest desires and confess all me crimes, matey. Obviously they don't know the effects that poor distilled rum, and other stuff, can have on memory.

Thank you very much, @AstroSkipper. It works like a charm in sp52, in my case, provided I manually erase profile/extension-data/ublock0. I still have no luck with mailnews. It installs, but can't access the dashboard or the logger. Later next year I will try with a fresh profile. Thanks again.

For MSFN, as in the comments, you need to download FontAwesome 4.7 and install it (drop it, really) into cindows/fonts. see https://msfn.org/board/topic/185045-supermium/?do=findComment&comment=1256779 As per other pages (if you don't care toidentify and download the font, you can relax the no donwload fonts rules user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled", false); // set *-* -change back to true user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.woff2.enabled", false); // set *-* -change back to true

Believe it or not, there are people who work for free for FOSS. Utility is not all (for many, not at all) about money.

For those willing to try Arkenfox, check https://arkenfox.github.io/gui/ . Make sure to click "expand" on the top row, and use reading lenses. It displays options available for ff119, but most of them work in FF68. To make sure what the differences are, find and check (in arkenfox github's page) the user.js corresponding to ff68. Most of the tweaks in the later do work, in fact, in sp52 too.

Note that visits went from 5 to 11. I didn't visit with mypal68 since last time (my first five where all within minutes). I did try a number of times with sp52, differrerent browser, different profile, but it doesn't load there (but maybe the ip, which I hadn't changed, is registered. @XPerceniol: I reckon your 38% means the probability that they have profiled you correctly. A 0% is that they have no confidence whatsoever.

A few hours later, same browser, same profile. I will have to tip to see if they notice me :P

As already answered, but gone: that is not true in the other test sites mentioned here. I have tested in them a number of times, always different results, with (in 1 case, 7 similar canvas hashes in a test site I hadn;t visited in a year or so). In any case, to test in those sites you need to allow javascript, redirections and what have you. Much like when signing into the e-oligopoly. That those sites can see some information when using their sites doesn't mean they can see said info in other sites' logs, sites where most of us wouldn't relax our set up to satisfy our curiosity. Now, if Maxwell Smart is going after you, that's a different kind of song.

Best scenario: In an hour or so, my profile would have changed enough to enter and probably be taken as a new entry. Worst: I enter and they recognize the browser anyway, but keep not knowing my real specs, In any case, looking at their results beyond the 0% trust, it's clear their fingerprinting is uncertain, preventing them from tracking me elsewhere. I'll report back.

I'm quite happy with it. They know I enter 5 times (I'd prefer they had seen 5 different browsers, but hey, I don't use a vpn -will try wih TOR), but they have 0% trust on their results.

value 0 leaves you downloading every font, when available, or staring at a broken page. TOR, I think, uses value 0, since it has an inbrowser cache of fonts.

These are the ones I play with. font.system.whitelist is the one I'm dealing with at the moment. Do not seem to do much, but what is found by different tests sites varies and, more importantly, the hash/fingerprint extracted from the fonts varies within tests, if repeated over time with a hardened set up. user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 1); // default, 0 doesn't expose system fonts, 1 uses all or those set in font.system.whitelist (confirm) user_pref("font.blacklist.underline_offset", ""); // set, original was "FangSong,Gulim,GulimChe,MingLiU,MingLiU-ExtB,MingLiU_HKSCS,MingLiU-HKSCS-ExtB,MS Gothic,MS Mincho,MS PGothic,MS PMincho,MS UI Gothic,PMingLiU,PMingLiU-ExtB,SimHei,SimSun,SimSun-ExtB,Hei,Kai,Apple LiGothic,Apple LiSung,Osaka" user_pref("font.internaluseonly.changed", true); // not sure what this is, appears on settings when the font.system.whitelist is populated, I believe user_pref("font.name.monospace.x-western", "FontAwesome"); // many pages, including msfn, use it for buttons and such. I download those fonts manually, and "install" them in system user_pref("font.size.variable.x-western", 14); user_pref("font.system.whitelist", "Arial, Batang, Cambria Math, Courier New, Gautami, Georgia, Lucida Console, MS Gothic, MS Mincho, MS PGothic, MS PMincho, MV Boli, Malgun Gothic, Mangal, Meiryo, Meiryo UI, Microsoft Himal\ aya, Microsoft JhengHei, Microsoft JengHei UI, Microsoft YaHei, Microsoft YaHei UI, MingLiU, Noto Sans Buginese, Noto Sans Khmer, Noto Sans Lao, Noto Sans Myanmar, Noto Sans Yi, Nyala, PMingLiU, Plantagenet Cherokee, Raavi, Segoe UI, Shruti, SimSun, Sylfaen, Tahoma, Times New Roman, Tunga, Verdana, Vrinda, Yu Gothic UI, Sans-Serif, FontAwesome"); // [HIDDEN PREF] *-* there a number of standard lists out there. I'll play with these for a while. user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled", false); // set *-* user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.woff2.enabled", false); // set *-* user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.graphite.enabled", false); // set user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.opentype_svg.enabled", false); // set user_pref("layout.css.font-loading-api.enabled", false); // set *-* these 5 css.font entries prevent coveryourtracks tests from completing. user_pref("layout.css.font-visibility.level", 1); // set *-* 1 system fonts, 2 is 1+user fonts, 3 is whatever is there user_pref("layout.css.font-visibility.resistFingerprinting", 1); // set *-* user_pref("layout.css.font-visibility.standard", 1); // set *-* user_pref("layout.css.font-visibility.trackingprotection", 1); // set *-* user_pref("svg.disabled", false); // default, otherwise it breaks FB, probably linkedin and YT buttons

I will have to give proxomitron a second (or third) try. Thanks for the corrected link.

Yay. thanks.

I worry more about fonts. Canvases I have many, and my e-oligopoly accounts are full of warning messages about weird logins. Faking fonts is much more difficult to do (but also more labor intensive on part of the spy-monkey). One interesting experiment, in the same spirit of Arkenfox, is https://github.com/da2x/fluxfonts:it creates, as advertised, fonts on the fly, changing your font profile by the hour. Unfortunately it is built for W10-11 (besides linux). In another life I would have loved to learn to build from source and try this very little (only 76kb) program in XP.

I have never used oauth (except on the cellphone(s)). Generally, I quote from common cites in internet, oauth is a method for "access delegation, commonly used as a way for internet users to grant websites or applications access to their information on other websites but without giving them the passwords". Except for accessing email, where you may need the password AND authorization from the owner of the account being accessed (even if it is yours). To access a particular email account, as per my limited experience, this is done by sending you a code from somebody with authority granting you access. This is generally done by sending codes via sms or email. In some of the jobs I had to perform, this meant somebody sending you the code to unblock your petition to access. If they didn't, you couldn't login, and received messages/warnings (in mailnews, and thunderbird before) similar to the one you posted. You need the password and the authorization. In my personal use, I only need to use oath to grant access to mailnews or CarotDAV to the email provider (GG, YH, HM, etc). The last time I had to do such things was a couple of years ago. That is all I wanted and can say. Cheers!

As is always the case with a really tweaked set up. If it weren't such a pain in the neck to set up multiple accounts, I would start with a fresh profile. I should, in any case, do that soon (I did it a couple of years ago) for privacy/security reasons. Maybe trying your new version of UB will give me the necessary impetus. Cheers!