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Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me by lbotos on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @07:50PM (#19559667)
Ah yes, but then who controls those servers? A lot of people think that US Government agents own enough TOR nodes to de-anonymize.
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Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me by userbinator on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @08:24PM (#19559806)
To be fair, in my experience there seem to be a lot more people frustrated with ads than scared of the government.

Someone who wants privacy/anonymity is likely to not want ads, but I think those who don't want ads is actually a larger group.

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Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me by metildaa on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @11:54PM (#19560578)
Why would a browser or extension client side not be better? Adding an intermediary would add latency needlessly...
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Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me by userbinator on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @07:28AM (#19562476)
It's not always possible to even modify the client, think of the embedded browsers in "smart" devices as well as the increasingly-locked-down mobile platforms. But as long as installing your own certificates still works, you can continue to MITM your traffic and modify it before it gets to the client(s).
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Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me by samstave on Wednesday April 03, 2019 @05:29AM (#19561971)
Because blocking at the cloent edge node already has had the bandwidth consumed from the carriers end provided, no?
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