Tag privacy
Recommended read: The Open Web is Dying https://perezbox.com/2020/04/the-open-web-is-dying/
Recommended read: FYI: When Virgin Media said it leaked 'limited contact info', it meant p0rno filter requests, IP addresses, IMEIs as well as names, addresses and more https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/03/06/virgin_more_leak_details/
On Privacy versus Freedom | Matrix.org
An interesting read on creating a extensible platform which isn't truly private, vs a walled garden with true privacy, and the tradeoffs we have to consider.
Recommended read: On Privacy versus Freedom | Matrix.org https://matrix.org/blog/2020/02/01/on-privacy-versus-freedom/
What exactly is being sent to Ubuntu in the MOTD?
Recommended read: What exactly is being sent to Ubuntu in the MOTD? https://ma.ttias.be/what-exactly-being-sent-ubuntu-motd/
Blocking Twitter Widgets from This Site (2 mins read).
Enforcing a privacy-aware removal of Twitter's JavaScript widget from this site.
A great writeup of a huge event - when I went a few years ago I was bowled over by how much time I'd need to spend to see everything I wanted to (hint: it was more than the few days I was there)
Recommended read: 🇵🇹 WebSummit 2019 http://pawlean.com/2019/11/10/websummit-2019/
Recommended read: Cloudflare considered harmful https://www.devever.net/~hl/cloudflare
The Illusion of choice and the need for default privacy protection
Recommended read: The Illusion of choice and the need for default privacy protection https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/10/22/the-illusion-of-choice-and-the-need-for-default-privacy-protection/
Why we moved our servers to Iceland · Simple Analytics
Recommended read: Why we moved our servers to Iceland · Simple Analytics https://blog.simpleanalytics.com/why-we-moved-our-servers-to-iceland
UK's controversial 'porn blocker' plan dropped
Recommended read: UK's controversial 'porn blocker' plan dropped https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-50073102
Without encryption, we will lose all privacy. This is our new battleground
Recommended read: Without encryption, we will lose all privacy. This is our new battleground https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/15/encryption-lose-privacy-us-uk-australia-facebook
IndieWebCamp Amsterdam 2019 (19 mins read).
Recapping my time at IndieWebCamp Amsterdam, my first 'official' IndieWeb event, and meeting some of the big names in the community.
Google Has My Dead Grandpa’s Data And He Never Used The Internet
This is a very interesting read - privacy and data ownership is quite familiar to those of us who have been using tech for some meaningful amount of our lives, but what about those who've never touched the Internet, but have suddenly found their data is being collected and owned by someone, somewhere?
Recommended read: Google Has My Dead Grandpa’s Data And He Never Used The Internet https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2019/09/03/google-has-my-dead-grandpas-data-and-he-never-used-the-internet/
Bookmark of https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1166390671705612293
I've been using DuckDuckGo for a couple of years now, and have no complaints. The privacy baked into the product is great, and their extensibility for things like !gh
to search on GitHub or searching "html pretty print" is awesome for quick productivity boosting.
I'd recommend you giving it a go, and see how you feel after a while. And if you're finding search results aren't so great every so often, you can !g
to get your Google results!
Recommended read: Bookmark of https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1166390671705612293 https://twitter.com/DuckDuckGo/status/1166390671705612293
Preaching about Firefox Containers (and how they can change your Internet life)
This is a great post by Jon about Firefox Containers and the power they can hold.
I lazily use them as a way to have i.e. multiple email accounts logged in, or at work having several AWS accounts logged in at once but have also got some pieces in place to containerise certain privacy-infringing companies' attempts to track me.
Recommended read: Preaching about Firefox Containers (and how they can change your Internet life) https://jon.sprig.gs/blog/post/1137