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:joystick: Bring back the old Web(Kit) and make it secure
15 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 0 stories, 15 comments · first 2021-12-27 · latest 2025-02-28
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…page with no content. > If you want a headstart, I tried forking webkit and do exactly this > [1] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit I just opened that page on LibreWolf without any problems.
comment by hans_castorp · 2025-02-28 · in Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox -
…because couldn't work fulltime on it without funding. Maybe somebody else picks it up? [1] [1] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit
comment by cookiengineer · 2025-02-28 · in Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox -
…[1] (prototype) https://github.com/tholian-network/stealth [2] (privacy focussed fork of webkit) https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit
comment by cookiengineer · 2024-05-29 · in Ask HN: What would you spend your time working on if you didn't need money? -
…for my own Browser Stealth which acts as a filtering proxy, scraper and decentralized cache [3] [1] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit [2] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit/blob/main/SECURI... [3]…
comment by cookiengineer · 2023-09-22 · in I'm fed up with it, so I'm writing a browser -
…(Not maintained on GitHub anymore due to 4/8chan raids, moved my stuff to my own local instance) https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit
comment by cookiengineer · 2023-08-07 · in Ask HN: Are there any FirefoxOS revival projects, except for KaiOS? -
…(see also the other release versions, not only main branch) [3] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit/blob/main/SECURI...
comment by cookiengineer · 2023-07-12 · in Ask HN: What happened to Apples “rapid response” security updates -
…I don't care about WebGL or WebGPU, I don't care about WebRTC, I just want privacy back. [1] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit
comment by cookiengineer · 2022-03-18 · in Each Firefox download has a unique identifier -
…allows to easily call C-ABI compatible libraries without 300MB of build size like electron. [1] [1] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit
comment by cookiengineer · 2022-03-14 · in My Pinephone Setup -
…and filtering/rewriting the actual content. [1] Still WIP. Would love to get more people on board: https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit [2] https://github.com/cookiengineer/defiant
comment by cookiengineer · 2022-03-06 · in Ask HN: Which browser should I migrate to, away from Firefox? -
…are basically included in this concept). [1] https://github.com/tholian-network/stealth [2] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit
comment by cookiengineer · 2022-02-15 · in Ask HN: How you would redesign a web browser? -
…nodejs with the retrokit webview that just displays the Browser UI that's served locally. [1] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit
comment by cookiengineer · 2022-02-11 · in Nike.com's robots.txt -
…for themselves enough to be uniquely identified. [1] https://github.com/tholian-network/stealth [2] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit (both WIP)
comment by cookiengineer · 2022-02-07 · in No-JavaScript Fingerprinting -
…work in progress though. [0] https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/tree/main/Source/WebKit/Web... [1] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit
comment by cookiengineer · 2022-01-23 · in Safari and iOS users: Your browsing activity is being leaked in real time -
…have everything that a browser has. [1] Maybe it makes sense to combine development efforts? [1] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit
comment by cookiengineer · 2022-01-02 · in Portmaster – Open-source network monitor and firewall -
…competition at all anymore. [1] https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit/blob/main/Source/WebCore/pa... [2] https://github.com/tholian-network/retrokit
comment by cookiengineer · 2021-12-27 · in Maybe we could tone down the JavaScript (2016)