I'm kinda hoping it was just that a state sponsored attacker showed up on their door and said "include this snippet or else..." otherwise it's terrifying thinking of someone planning some long con like this
We are all relying on the honesty of a few overworked volunteers...
From that post, commits set to UTC+0800 and activity between UTC 12-17 indicate that the programmer wasn't operating from California but from another country starting with C. The name is also another hint.
From the website:
With Midori Browser you can browse the web with complete confidence and an advanced tracking blocker.
Then the next paragraph states:
Cryptotoken: To reward our users, we are organizing an initiative a Token to give users to use our products and services without tracking.
So it blocks tracking but adds more tracking, so users can buy some shitcoin to remove the tracking?
I'm glad that their forks of simple mobile tools didn't gain traction, then
It's worse than you thought.
The webmail provider released a dedicated browser that can only open the webmail and called it a "desktop" app.
Additionally, they don't support IMAP. There's an app to run on your computer that becomes a bridge. The proprietary protocol is translated to IMAP. You can't use your favorite client if your operating system can't run that bridge and you're not a premium user because for "reasons" only premium users can run that local bridge
Main problems are:
Link rot
Sneakily inserted sponsored links
It seems like incorporated in Rhode island around the time Nintendo sued Gary Bowser for the switch modchip
It's Linux, but worse
How nobody ever thought that this feature should work only on a few whitelisted communities where the possibility of a sad post is small, like pics or funny?
In exjw the chance of a sad post are too high
Yes it's from the days when the blue check had a meaning. You could get "verified" then change the name to Elon musk, put a neckbeard as profile pic, tweet some insane conspiracies, and people would mistake your stuff for the real one.
Now the blue check it means just that you're an Elon Stan, a Nazi or both, so the problem just solved by itself
They're continuing the embargo for what? I see no danger coming from Cuba nowadays
If who committed inside trading has the power to delete any mention or discussion of his crime...
But it also come with extra privileges like going to exclusive parties where powerful UV lights can cause eye damage