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Duckduckgo search with noai and html uses a redirect? (lemmy.ml)
 

When using the noai domain + html instead of just providing the URL to the website a redirect website through Duckduckgo is provided.

Here's an example:

https://noai.duckduckgo.com/html?q=cloudflare+speedtest has:

https://noai.duckduckgo.com/l/?uddg=https%3A%2F%2Fspeed.cloudflare.com%2F&rut=7308a8bf028168b377d5ba5ac7f2669efd5d25f87445327fa6ba22aa5db85355 as the URL for the first result instead of speed.cloudflare.com.

That URL will change the window location with javascript to the correct website or HTML redirect if javascript is disabled. In the paramaters uddg is the URL to redirect to and rut is an identifier based on the URL it redirects to.

I'm not sure why it only happens with this specific combination of search, can anyone else check if this happens?

Also, I'm not sure if this is the correct community to post to but !duckduckgo@lemmy.world is dead and this is sort of privacy related because this can be used for tracking. Sorry if this is the wrong community for this kind of post.

Is it possible to use a virtual machine to more safely run pirated games on linux? in c/linux@lemmy.ml
[–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

Yes, however, it won't prevent the process launching as root because firejail is setuid. This means that the person executing the file transitions into the privileges of the owner of the file, in this case, root. Since this root process remains in the background it can theoretically be exploited by the sandboxed process that firejail spawns.

The odds of this happening to someone who isn't getting targeted are very very low so using firejail is still alright, but you should consider a non-setuid solution like bubblewrap or just a VM.

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    [–] [S] 1 point 7 months ago (4 children)

    Oh, I installed MicroG as an user app. I'll try installing it as a system app as a last resort, since reinstalling every messaging would be really tedious.

    Also, one question. What do you mean by not installing it as a Magisk module? I'm not sure what other way there is, other than directly writing to /system

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    Signal doesn't work with MicroG (fixed) (lemmy.ml)
    submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by to c/signal@lemmy.ml
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    I tried to set up Signal with my MicroG setup but it just says 'Missing Google Play Services' after entering my phone number. Everything is turned on in MicroG (including cloud messaging and device registration) and other apps that use cloud messaging work. I have a bit of a niche setup (fakegapps + rooted stock rom) but I doubt that would cause problems.

    Thanks in advance :)

    Edit: I forgot to note, I'm doing this mostly for battery savings

    Edit 2: I was able to fix it by installing under /system/app; comment thread: https://lemmy.ml/post/43156989/23961778;

    Warning!! You need to have MicroG installed as an user app, already, for this to work.

    Steps:

    Create a folder on your pc with this structure (might not work for other devices; - means subdirectory): folder and also keep in mind you need to have these apps removed with Magisk so Android doesn't even know they exist:

    -module.prop

    -system

    --product

    ---app

    ----GmsCore

    -----GmsCore.apk

    ----Phonesky

    -----Phonesky.apk

    --system_ext

    ---app

    ----GoogleServicesFramework

    -----GoogleServicesFramework.apk

    module.prop should contain this (without the spaces empty lines): id=yournameforthemodule

    name=yournameforthemodule

    version=v1.0

    versionCode=1

    author=yourname

    description=blabla

    The apks should be this: GmsCore: core MicroG apk ( latest release as of typing: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/releases/download/v0.3.12.250932/com.google.android.gms-250932024.apk ; or for Huawei: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/releases/download/v0.3.12.250932/com.google.android.gms-250932024-hw.apk )

    Phonesky: fakestore ( https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/releases/download/v0.3.12.250932/com.android.vending-84022624.apk ; Huawei: https://github.com/microg/GmsCore/releases/download/v0.3.12.250932/com.android.vending-84022624-hw.apk )

    GoogleServicesFramework: ( updates rarely: https://github.com/microg/GsfProxy/releases/download/v0.1.0/GsfProxy.apk ; Huawei same )

    After doing this zip the two folders so it looks like this:

    archive:

    -system

    --....

    -module.prop

    and flash it to Magisk like any regular module.

    I, also, created a Git repo. It's not the best considering I never used Git, but with this you just need to add the apk's: https://gitlab.com/zazarpro/microg-unprivileged-install

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