Historically, Firefox has had fewer security measures than Chrome. For example, full tab isolation was only implemented recently in Firefox, many years after Chrome. MV3-only extentions in Chrome also reduce the attack surface from that perspective.

The counterpoint to this is that there are much fewer users of Firefox, so it less attractive to try to exploit. Finding a vulnerability in Chrome is much more lucrative, since it has the potential to reach more targets.

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What if AI didn’t just provide sources as afterthoughts, but made them central to every response, both what they say and how they differ: “A 2024 MIT study funded by the National Science Foundation…” or “How a Wall Street economist, a labor union researcher, and a Fed official each interpret the numbers…”. Even this basic sourcing adds essential context.

Yes, this would be an improvement. Gemini Pro does this in Deep Research reports, and I appreciate it. But since you can’t be certain that what follows are actual findings of the study or source referenced, the value of the citation is still relatively low. You would still manually have to look up the sources to confirm the information. And this paragraph a bit further up shows why that is a problem:

But for me, the real concern isn’t whether AI skews left or right, it’s seeing my teenagers use AI for everything from homework to news without ever questioning where the information comes from.

This is also the biggest concern for me, if not only centred on teenagers. Yes, showing sources is good. But if people rarely check them, this alone isn’t enough to improve the quality of the information people obtain and retain from LLMs.

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Could you give some examples of things that worked for you on Windows but couldn’t port over to Linux? I’m interested if they’re related more to games or just using Linux in general.

Picocrypt is a very small (hence Pico), very simple, yet very secure encryption tool that you can use to protect your files. It’s designed to be the go-to tool for file encryption, with a focus on security, simplicity, and reliability.

Thanks! I think that’s the closest to what I was looking for, and it links to a couple more in the sidebar.

There are plenty of us technical folks here who have relevant experience and are keen on chatting, but lemmy is definitely generally pretty anti-ai.

I find this, too. Sometimes all it takes is for someone to start a thread and then a lot of good comments will be contributed!

Hi, I’m interested to know what you’re using now!

About halfway through the article they quote a paper from 2023:

Similarly, another study from 2023 found LLMs “hallucinated,” or produced incorrect information, in 69 to 88 percent of legal queries.

The LLM space has been changing very quickly over the past few years. Yes, LLMs today still “hallucinate”, but you’re not doing anyone a service by reporting in 2025 the state of the field over 2 years before.

It’s a shame. The app worked well, and it was nice to have a native look rather than a generic web one.