# I am the Watcher. I am your guide through this vast new twtiverse.
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# Usage:
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/users View list of users and latest twt date.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/twt View all twts.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/mentions?uri=:uri View all mentions for uri.
# https://watcher.sour.is/api/plain/conv/:hash View all twts for a conversation subject.
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# Options:
# uri Filter to show a specific users twts.
# offset Start index for quey.
# limit Count of items to return (going back in time).
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# twt range = 1 22
# self = https://watcher.sour.is/conv/f7pxu3q
WebRTC cannot be disabled by default in (most?) Chromium-based browsers. You need an extension.
I don't fully understand the privacy issues around your IP address, especially in Web RTC, where it's actually necessary to be able to exchange your IP address between peers -- kind of how the protocol works right? 🤔
I don't fully understand the privacy issues around your IP address, especially in Web RTC, where it's actually necessary to be able to exchange your IP address between peers -- kind of how the protocol works right? 🤔
@prologic idk I tend to think that "reading something on some random person's web site" and "telling some random person where I live to within a mile or two" ought to be distinct things I get to choose independently....
@mckinley Librewolf is a Firefox offshoot and that whole line gives control over WebRTC AFAIK, whereas Chrome and its derivatives don't.
@prologic The problem with WebRTC is that the implementations tend to try all the available network interfaces and ignore proxy settings, thus leaking your *real* IP address.
@abucci Just one more reason to get off of Chromium-based browsers.
@mckinley You mean leaking your internal Private IP on your LAN? 🤔
@mckinley You mean leaking your internal Private IP on your LAN? 🤔
@prologic No, the public IP allocated to you by your ISP as opposed to the one at the other end of your VPN or proxy tunnel.
@abucci I feel this about Signal giving everyone real phone numbers. I worry a little less about IP addresses because I'm generally pretty public about my rough geographic area anyways...
Out of curiosity, I tried the leak test on Ungoogled Chromium and it actually was leaking the private use internal IP given to me by my VPN provider. That doesn't happen on LibreWolf due to its security measures.
My real IP still didn't leak because my VPN client prevents any other program from using my real network interface.
@ocdtrekkie I _feel_ the same way myself too. I'm generally pretty open about roughly geographically where I live, I don't have anything to "hide" there per se. Its the incessant tracking of my online activities and shoving ads in my face that I have a real problem with.
As _some_ of you _may_ know I actually pay for a /29 IPv4 address block from my ISP where I run the so-called "Mills DC". Most of you don't really know what my IP address block is because I generally put things behind proxies like Cloudflare (yes yes I know) mostly to thwart/protect from bad actors and potential DDoS attacks.
@ocdtrekkie I _feel_ the same way myself too. I'm generally pretty open about roughly geographically where I live, I don't have anything to "hide" there per se. Its the incessant tracking of my online activities and shoving ads in my face that I have a real problem with.
As _some_ of you _may_ know I actually pay for a /29 IPv4 address block from my ISP where I run the so-called "Mills DC". Most of you don't really know what my IP address block is because I generally put things behind proxies like Cloudflare (yes yes I know) mostly to thwart/protect from bad actors and potential DDoS attacks.
One thing I do want to point out though IHMO... Is I _think_ one of the best ways of protecting your online privacy and security is by going completely decentralised in the first place. NOT to be confused with "distributed" networking systems like ActivityPub, Matrix, Blockchains, etc where you leak you "Node's IP Address" anyway to all sorts of "unknown actors".
In a completely decentralised model where you peer with friends/family and people you trust and "pull" information, there is much more trust that can be built up IMO.
One thing I do want to point out though IHMO... Is I _think_ one of the best ways of protecting your online privacy and security is by going completely decentralised in the first place. NOT to be confused with "distributed" networking systems like ActivityPub, Matrix, Blockchains, etc where you leak you "Node's IP Address" anyway to all sorts of "unknown actors".
In a completely decentralised model where you peer with friends/family and people you trust and "pull" information, there is much more trust that can be built up IMO.
@prologic Well, you can always run a Monero node as a Tor hidden service :)
@prologic Well, you can always run a Monero node over Tor :)