Yes, it is exactly this kind of lazy, simplistic thinking that brought us where we are. For some very specific software yes, they may need full, unrestricted access to the whole of my home folder and then I either trust it and grant it the permissions it needs, or do not use it all. For the vast majority of apps, that is not the case and their access can be restricted (sandboxed) such as to limit potential damage it could cause in case of a security failure or downright trojan horse. If I am told the app is sandboxed and it still gets full access to the whole of my home folder, that is still a fucking lie, of the worst kind, a misleading half-truth.
If there is a "warning" and you cannot even have the choice to disable the access because it won't work, that means it still applies as the security issues are all there all the same.
Golang with HTML/CSS, minimal vanilla JS and next to no dependencies other than standard library. That's my standard solution but it is not for everything and, even for the use cases where it does apply perfectly, still requires a big cultural change. DM me if you want to know more.
Mona works but it wants you to buy the app to do most actions. I just used it to browse, did not buy it, I do not know how good it is in practice.
Tooot was broken when posting a picture when I tried it a few days ago and then we reported to the developer who immediately fixed it! Quite awesome.
I am personally getting used to the browser interface. It is quite usable for me after setting the option to collapse threads by default. I guess it will also be less adictive as a side effect (still better to use on the computer web browser)
Thanks! Stefano and I did some tests and in the end we found out that the bug is related to posting any picture using the tooot fedi client, and it happens both with the iOS and the Android tooot client. Stefano will report details to you :) Thank you for your great software!
Migrated to a new instance, time for a refresher #intro
If you are seeing this post that is likely because you followed me before at my old account at @fiery@mastodon.sdf.org
The fine folks there apparently were having some scaling issues and since I also wanted to be using a server software that is less wasteful, I moved here to bsd.cafe, graciously hosted by @stefano@bsd.cafe
If you are unsure whether you want to follow me, what is likely to be seen here is mostly pictures of #vegan food, #nature, #baking, and you will may also see me sometimes ranting about technology, programming, privacy. Glad to be on this new instance, hello #bsd.cafe and #snac.bsd.cafe people!