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added paragraph on network containers

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Albert S. 2017-04-16 21:00:34 +02:00
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@ -15,15 +15,24 @@ Also, by having only one client fetching the feeds and your readers
pointed to the randrss's downloaded feeds, you avoid certain trackers pointed to the randrss's downloaded feeds, you avoid certain trackers
that may identify you across devices (google's feed proxy, cloudflare), that may identify you across devices (google's feed proxy, cloudflare),
because it's very likely that the combination of feeds you read are because it's very likely that the combination of feeds you read are
unique. unique. As your feeds are on a single server now, you can isolate your
RSS reader to its own network container so it can only contact that
server. This is probably what you should do to be sure your client does
not contact the feed servers in any way. In Thunderbird, set
browser.chrome.favicons to false.
randrss fetches the feed using Tor. randrss fetches the feed using Tor.
The only drawback of this approach is that the time you get new feeds
is delayed, but that should be acceptable.
Usage Usage
===== =====
First, tweak the shellscript a bit, if you like First, tweak the shellscript a bit, if you like
The input file has the following format per line: The input file has the following format per line:
url:output file:(optional paramater for the sleep time, in format x-y) url:output file:(optional parameter for the sleep time, in format x-y)
An optional user agent file contains the user agents we will randomly An optional user agent file contains the user agents we will randomly
use per feed. One user agent per line. use per feed. One user agent per line.

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sent by the user agents we use. sent by the user agents we use.
-how random is "shuf" and is it a problem? -how random is "shuf" and is it a problem?
-update random default on every loop? -update random default on every loop?
-RSS clients fetch favicon from original URL...