About backdoors in crypto messengers

Re:About backdoors in crypto messengers by gcb0 on Thursday January 19, 2017 @07:28AM (#13435222)

for the record, firefox for android also integrates the google backdoor for the sole purpose of allowing chromecast for videos... which zero users use or want.

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Re:About backdoors in crypto messengers by angry_octet on Thursday January 19, 2017 @08:13AM (#13435479)

Speak for yourself, Chromecast is very useful. Though obviously you should be able to turn it off.

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Re:About backdoors in crypto messengers by gcb0 on Saturday January 21, 2017 @02:06PM (#13451502)

it is usefull but not in a browser.

firefox will never be better than mx or vlc for video. those apps should have chromecast support.

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Re:About backdoors in crypto messengers by em3rgent0rdr on Thursday January 19, 2017 @09:25AM (#13435969)

well FTR, IceCatMobile (downloadable via F-Droid) I doubt would have that backdoor.

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Re:About backdoors in crypto messengers by gcb0 on Sunday January 22, 2017 @02:01AM (#13454046)

check the last build date.

it's so hard to remove the gapp dependence used for that tiny feature that the icecat maintainers just gave up.

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