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May require more than just a VPN "test". If they have a way to know that two different users/installations requesting a definition update is in fact "two" users/installations, then that is a UNIQUE fingerprint. That to me says "spyware". Guess it depends on what the "definition of 'is' IS", as they say here in the US.
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I guess my "litmus test" would be this - see if you can upgrade your "virus definitions" through a VPN. If you cannot, then "they know who you are". They may not know your "name", but they have you "fingerprinted".
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True! But so is (almost) *ALL* antivirus programs - why turn a blind eye to this fact?
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110 is where gradual/experimental sandbox "enhancements/improvements" set in. I personally consider 110 an "alpha release". Though with the high-paced rollout of new versions, one could easily argue that EVERYTHING is CONSTANT ALPHA.
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110 works for me also (just confirmed, with Client Hints disabled). It is 114 that does not work. I dropped all the way down to 94 and it works, so I did not originally try 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, and 113. Only reason I started with 94 is because I was showing that as the last to not come pre-bundled with of-no-use-to-me Widevine.
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In v94, Client Hints can be disabled. I can screencap if you need proof but it will need to wait until after work.
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No.
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No, that can't be it or I would not be able to log in with v94 with client hints disabled.
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I "could". But I won't, lol. Ungoogled is a MUST for me. So far, I've been testing all of the websites that no longer work in 360Chrome v13.5 (v86) and the websites that no longer work in Ungoogled v114 and so far they all work in Ungoogled v94. I may be okay just running v94 as my default-catch-all. Technically, the "only" reason I jumped from v86 all the way up to v114 was based on "Speedometer 2.1" scores (I know, not everbody is a fan of "quantifiable measurements"). At the time, Official Ungoogled was way up in the 120s or so, forget and impossible to "keep up" with their d#mn upgrade pace! v114 simply scored the best and I've actually yet to see anything score higher on both my two computers running Win10 here at home and on my desk plus lab Win10s at work. But that "speed" seems to come with some features that USPS and Citi are both now starting to implement. I guess at least this time it wasn't the water bill. LOL
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This whole dog-chasing-tail aspect of browsers updating five times per WEEK (slight exaggeration) is really getting OLD !!! In the span of just a few days, I now have two web sites that no longer work in v114. The USPS as cited above. And now, like @Mathwiz at Chase, my Citi no longer works. Haven't tracked it down yet, only that v123 does work and v114 does not. And not as simple as a user agent switch this time. But both USPS and Citi both continue to work in 360Chrome v13.5. Which is fine and dandy, but my list of sites that do NOT work in 360Chrome v13.5 was too large and that was what prompted the move to v114 in the first place.
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Not in my opinion. I hate hate hate hate hate antivirus of ANY KIND. I've never compared our must-use-it corporate factory floor enterprise editions with non-enterprise 'cause you couldn't "pay me" to run antivirus on my computers. "To each their own", of course. I've tried several of Astro's suggestions and they're "okay", but not enough so for me to become a fan of running them in the background "all the time". Again, "to each their own".
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I'm no fan of McAfee either. But we do use McAfee Enterprise on the production floor on Windows XP Embedded. I would have to travel to a factory floor but I myself don't doubt for a second that an Enterprise edition still receives updates on XP. But the company pays for them via licensing contracts.
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I guess I should have started there, lol. All it took for a v114 successful login was to fake an older Chromium user agent or to fake a Firefox user agent. Seems they only have certain versions of Chromium-based user agents being served that attribution-reporting JUNK. I didn't spend time to track down exactly which ones, but I kind of have to suspect v100 and higher. At any rate, I can stick with my beloved v114 for longer, lol.
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Interesting! Correct, I can log in using 360Chrome v13.5. Hmmm...
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Haven't looket yet (liking Official Ungoogled v114 too much!), but this could be the nail in the coffin for my Ungoogled v114 I can (?) easily pull this API out of 360Chrome v22 (Chrome v119) and "ungoogle" it, but I'm not really sure all of the time and effort to release another 360Chrome version is where I want to be
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If I understand the "why", agreed! I'm not trying to reproduce the API, I'm trying to get v114 to "pass" the TEST for this useless function so that I can log in. This is one of those APIs that will keep me on v114 for "as long as possible" -- "privacy rights" really are dwingling FAST with each and every update. This may require a Proxomitron fix.
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Anyone know of a way to polyfill attribution-reporting ? This is the first encounter I have stumbled into where "new" browsers work but that Ungoogled Chromium v114 is "too old". The web site is the USPS's login (do not need an account to test) -- https://reg.usps.com/login?app=HOLDMAIL&appURL=https%3A%2F%2Fholdmail.usps.com%2Fholdmail%2F Just type in a RANDOM username and a RANDOM password and you'll see the "unrecognized feature: attribution-reporting" in the error console.
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<OT> (this really annoys The A Team, lol) https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/08/230809130709.htm https://www.livescience.com/physics-mathematics/turns-out-you-can-transmit-sound-in-a-vacuum-just-not-very-far </OT>
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My Browser Builds (Part 5)
NotHereToPlayGames replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
YEP! If it weren't for the constant "dog chasing its tail" aspect of web browsers and bank account / bill payment web sites, I'd still be on it. But there is also the "fact" that XP was holding me back, there is SO MUCH MORE that a "computer" can DO once you "let go" of the feeling of being "superior" or "more in the know" just by sticking with XP. Been there, done that. I was "smarter" than ALL of friends and family because I was running XP and they were not. That "superiority complex" keeps MSFN alive. So that "works for me", lol. -
My Browser Builds (Part 5)
NotHereToPlayGames replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
It's not just you. I made the same mistake. Despite being on XP x64, I stuck with 32-bit browsers because the RAM consumption was LOWER! Everybody "here" makes that mistake, they look at RAM consumption and think that "paints the whole picute". -
My Browser Builds (Part 5)
NotHereToPlayGames replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
It's a phenomenon called "Tab Hoarding". There's a whole pscyhology behind it. It has NOTHING to do with "organization". On a psychological level, tab hoarding trains the brain to become LESS EFFICIENT at MEMORIZING things - no need to, the Hoarder just needs to scroll through the tabs to find it, why "memorize"? Psychologically, it's also about the person being very NON-PRODUCTIVE but the HOARD gives the ILLUSION of "fake productivity". I'm not a Tab Hoarder, but I do find the psychology behind it fascinating. Like "complaining" about browser performance but not "admitting" that it's the Tab Hoarding that CAUSES the browser to perform subpar. -
I strongly suspect that you are breaking company policy by running/installing Dark Magic in the first place.
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My Browser Builds (Part 5)
NotHereToPlayGames replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
LOL This may explain it. If "lower middle-income", they're accepting DONATED computers from better-off countries. -
My Browser Builds (Part 5)
NotHereToPlayGames replied to roytam1's topic in Browsers working on Older NT-Family OSes
And that's up from 71% a year ago What would be more interesting to know is "why"?