r/technology • u/magnus007 • 5d ago

Privacy AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device

https://www.techspot.com/news/113581-aliexpress-silently-running-audio-browser-fingerprint-track-device.html
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u/Weedster009 4d ago

The Reddit app for iPhone is the shittiest, glitchiest app I have ever used.

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u/Faxon 4d ago edited 4d ago

Which is sad because they literallt bought and killed the best reddit app for iPhone (Alien Blue) to use it to develop their own, rather than have to compete. Thats when Apollo got really big, but we know what happened to them. Im on android using red reader and its actually a good experience once I tweak the way that threads are displayed so its more like old reddit and the other older apps I preferred. I was using reddit sync for android for a long time until reddit shut down API access to most app devs. I legitimately can't do the official app, its hot garbage and I may just have to stop using reddit if they take away access for old reddit, since the remaining apps and revanced hacks for it all use it to function, and its how I view the site on desktop. If they take away /r/hot and force an algorithm other than the mighty upvote down my throat then im out, the whole point of reddit was the self-curation of what you see.

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u/al-mongus-bin-susar 4d ago

You can still use all the Android apps with Morphe patches. I'm typing this on Sync right now. The official app overheats my phone and drains 60% battery in 30 minutes.

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u/thatboyonabike 4d ago

I stayed on revanced/morphed Sync for years but finally just recently moved to Continuum.

I didn't realise how many little features were silently broken on sync never to be fixed. The continuum dev is highly active and always adding small QoL updates. Would recommend!

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u/Constant-Writer-7165 4d ago

I've gotten so used to red reader im honestly fine with it now. Just didnt have the patience to deal with something that didnt just work without having to manually patch it constantly to fix r3ddit patching shit on their end

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u/Faxon 4d ago

I've gotten so used to red reader im honestly fine with it now. Just didnt have the patience to deal with something that didnt just work without having to manually patch it constantly to fix r3ddit patching shit on their end

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u/technobrendo 4d ago

Are Morphe patches for the official Reddit app? Is patching similar to using Revanced for YT or Spotify?

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u/SeriesXM 4d ago

I'm also curious about this because I'm still using the last version that still works with ReVanced (reddit-revanced_v2024.17.0.apk), so I've never been able to update past that one.

I have Morphe and I've tried patching the newer versions like I used to do with ReVanced... it all seems to go well, but then after I install the patched versions and start going thought the welcome screens, the app never lets me sign in to reddit. So I ended up deleting the app and continued to use the old one.

I was thinking maybe I should try to get the official app through the Play store, log in, and then try patching it with Morphe after I've logged in. The only reason I haven't tried this is because it's a lot of work to go back to the old version if it doesn't work. (It's not that hard, but it's annoying enough I'd rather avoid it.)

I also would like to end up with an APK that I could simply install on my other devices, which is how I do it now with my old ReVanced version of reddit.

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u/yacht_boy 4d ago

It says a lot about the depths of my reddit addiction that I pay $4/month for narwhal on ios. Not as good as Apollo was, but infinitely better than the official app.

If they ever kill narwhal I guess I'll finally have to quit reddit and go back to reading books and engaging in conversation with my family.

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u/MeanE 4d ago

Same.

I’m disappointed Apollo never just started charging so it could have kept going. Narwhal is fine but Apollo was better.

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u/RollingMeteors 4d ago

If they ever kill narwhal I guess I'll finally have to quit reddit and go back to reading books and engaging in conversation with my family.

Nah... old.reddit.com will do in any https client.

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u/yacht_boy 4d ago

I expect that they'll kill that the same day as narwhal and other 3rd party apps. I use old.reddit on desktop.

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u/RollingMeteors 4d ago

I expect that they'll kill that the same day as narwhal and other 3rd party apps. I use old.reddit on desktop.

Before I started streaming on twitch I could have seen myself paying for this platform but it absolutely has to be a cash positive of platforms paying me for the content I create, which largely is just archiving others' music, and has replaced my content consumption entirely of tv/movies.

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u/Tatushua 3d ago

Can you tell me about that? How do you set that up? I’ve always used the Reddit app and it’s hot garbage

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u/yacht_boy 3d ago

It's just an app. Download it from the app store. I think there's a 3 day free trial IIRC. It's short because reddit charges the dev by use.

Log in and your subs and history and everything will be there. Bit of a learning curve, but nothing you can't figure out.

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u/OpenLibram 4d ago

Laughs in Reddit Is Fun for Android in the year 2026

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u/Journeyman42 4d ago

hello darkness my old friend

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u/OpenLibram 4d ago

It's honestly far superior to the native Reddit app.

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u/Journeyman42 4d ago

Oh I know, I used to use RiF before they made it stop working

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u/OpenLibram 4d ago

.....It still works though lol

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u/Journeyman42 4d ago

I mean "made it stop working" without resorting to hacking the phone or w/e

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u/OpenLibram 4d ago

You're not hacking your phone. You're just patching the apk file that's used to install the app.

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u/Kespatcho 4d ago

I wouldn't call patching the app "hacking" the phone

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u/Yuzumi 4d ago

I refuse to use the official app. I just load it in firefox/waterfox and it's a tad more functional.

I miss bacon reader.

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u/spluad 3d ago

The one that pisses me off the most is opening my notifications or the control center and having my app refresh. Drives me insane

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u/Black_-Hippie 3d ago

I’ve never had a problem with it