Tagged “privacy”
yaelwrites/Big-Ass-Data-Broker-Opt-Out-List
More America-centric, but amazing project
Registry of Interests
comprehensive list of his income and assets. Great thing to be public
Senate bill crafted with DEA targets end-to-end encryption, requires online companies to report drug activity
this is not about keeping people safe from fentanyl
Big Data is Dead
learn to deal with normal-sized data first
On the need for anonymity online
A Roomba recorded a woman on the toilet. How did screenshots end up on Facebook?
Deepfake Offensive Toolkit dot
real-time, controllable deepfakes ready for virtual cameras injection. The future is terrifying
Half-Truths Are Lies Too
In her own entry from 1965, Wolf wondered whether the diary would become “the only art form in which a person can still remain honest, in which one can avoid the compromises that are otherwise necessary or becoming unavoidable everywhere.” Reimann never put such trust in the form. “In essence, everything that’s written in a diary is a lie—or it’s all just a half-truth,” she wrote in 1956. “And half-truths are lies too.”
Real Me and Fake Me
The story of trying to track down your instagram double.
via HN
Jeffrey Ladish
Interesting take on the differences in impact between large scale vs inidividual differences.
Many temptations of an open-source chrome extension developer
Reading this made me feel a little more justified in my general distrust of browser extensions. They have so much potential power!
Forensic Methodology Report: How to catch NSO Group’s Pegasus
Police sought access to QR check-in data intended for contact tracing
Maybe unsurprising, still disappointing
Cookie Consent Examples - Privacy Policies
Is there any requirement for them to be sticky?
Also see web.dev
Apple robbed the mob’s bank
The stats I've seen on this tracking toggle are pretty wild. Will be interesting to see how the next period unfolds for advertisers. If history is any guide they'll get even shadier and look for terrible workarounds, but we can dream.
The Massive Data Collection by Facebook – Visualized
Google Analytics: Stop feeding the beast
Don't agree with all the points, but would enjoy less third-party tracking. Especially if it means fewer fucking cookie notifications.
Keeping your private information private
Auto-delete as a default is good - the permenance of random new services is always worrying.
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