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Canada is about to weaken every lock on your private messages — dontsurveil.me

Bill C-22 would force every messaging app in Canada to build a second key, and give the copy to the government. What's changed, what's happening now, what's next.
Saved on: 2026-05-17

the watchers: how openai, the US government, and persona built an identity surveillance machine that files reports on you to the feds

53MB of source code leaked from a government endpoint. 269 verification checks. biometric face databases. SAR filings to FinCEN. and the same company that verifies your ChatGPT account.
Saved on: 2026-02-25

Privacy is Marketing. Anonymity is Architecture.

Privacy is when they promise to protect your data. Anonymity is when they never had your data to begin with.
Saved on: 2025-12-20

Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads

Recently I read about a massive geolocation data leak from Gravy Analytics, which exposed more than 2000 apps, both in AppStore and Google Play, that secretly collect geolocation data without user consent. Oftentimes, even without developers` knowledge. I looked into the list (link here) and found at least 3 apps I have installed on my iPhone. Take a look for yourself! This made me come up with an idea to track myself down externally, e.g. to buy my geolocation data leaked by some application.
Saved on: 2025-02-03

Privacy Isn't Dead. Far From It. | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Welcome! The fact that you’re reading this means that you probably care deeply about the issue of privacy, which warms our hearts. Unfortunately, even though you care about privacy, or perhaps because you care so much about it, you may feel that there's not much you (or anyone) can really do to...
Saved on: 2024-02-23

Consent management made easy and clear with Cloudflare Zaraz

Cloudflare Zaraz now can also help you with gathering and managing consent. With this new tool, you can easily collect user’s consent preferences on your website, using a consent modal, and apply your consent policy on third-party tools you load via Cloudflare Zaraz.
Saved on: 2023-04-23

(1) Robert G. Reeve su Twitter: "I'm back from a week at my mom's house and

I'm back from a week at my mom's house and now I'm getting ads for her toothpaste brand, the brand I've been putting in my mouth for a week. We never talked about this brand or googled it or anything like that. As a privacy tech worker, let me explain why this is happening. 🧵
Saved on: 2021-05-31

Death of third party cookies: Enter sandbox from Google

Enter Sandbox: Google's bid to take control of online privacy after the death of third-party cookies. What publishers and advertisers think.
Tags: #privacy
Saved on: 2021-01-18

Data Detox Kit: Homepage

The Data Detox Kit: everyday steps you can take to control your digital privacy, security, and wellbeing in ways that feel right to you.
Tags: #privacy
Saved on: 2020-01-06

Commento: A fast, privacy-focused commenting platform

Add comments to your website with Commento. It's fast, modern, and privacy-focused.
Saved on: 2019-02-21

How GDPR Will Change The Way You Develop — Smashing Magazine

GDPR requires you to be more thoughtful about the sites and services you build, more transparent about the ways you collect and use data, more considerate of your users, and more thorough in your development and documentation processes. In this article, Heather Burns will explore what you, as a developer, need to know about the new data protection regime. At the end, you’ll understand how the challenges posed by the privacy overhaul will ultimately help to make you a better developer.
Saved on: 2018-02-28

Website Stalking - Uprising – Treviso JS – Medium

Come probabilmente molti di voi fanno, anche io quando mi imbatto in un sito web che considero d’impatto, non resisto alla tentazione di spulciarne il codice. Mi affascina l’idea di scoprire con…
Saved on: 2016-12-14

Going dark: online privacy and anonymity for normal people

Last week we got news of the Rosebutt data breach [http://motherboard.vice.com/read/rosebuttboard-ip-board]. This is a very particular class of site and like many others we've recently seen compromised, it's highly likely that members would have preferred to keep their identities secret. It doesn't matter if you don't agree with the lifestyle choice of those on the site and certainly I myself am not one to look around the house at everyday items and think "I wonder if that could...". That's enti
Saved on: 2016-05-19

Keybase Book

Use Keybase for end-to-end encrypted chat messaging, file sharing, and team collaboration. Get the free app for iOS, Mac, Android, Windows, and Linux.
Saved on: 2016-02-04

How to Solve Privacy, Security and Performance In Logging

How do you determine what log data to obfuscate? How do you deal with privacy and security in your logging without impacting application performance?
Saved on: 2014-12-19

6 links that will show you what Google knows about you — Productivity in th

Want to find out all the things Google knows about you? Here are 6 links that will show you some of the data Google has about you. In order to serve relevant ads, Google collects data about you and…
Saved on: 2014-11-19
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