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nemo™ 🇺🇦<p>🚀 Brave just open-sourced Cookiecrumbler! 🍪🤖 This smart tool uses AI to detect &amp; block cookie consent banners without breaking websites. Say goodbye to annoying pop-ups and hello to smoother, privacy-first browsing! 🌐🔒 Check out the project &amp; join the community on GitHub! 👩‍💻👨‍💻 <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BraveBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BraveBrowser</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Cookiecrumbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cookiecrumbler</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AdTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdTech</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WebPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/oldnewz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldnewz</span></a> </p><p>👉 <a href="https://cyberinsider.com/brave-open-sources-cookiecrumbler-to-automate-cookie-notice-blocking/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cyberinsider.com/brave-open-so</span><span class="invisible">urces-cookiecrumbler-to-automate-cookie-notice-blocking/</span></a> </p><p>There should be a fork for Firefox-based browsers of this, in my opinion. And then into LibreWolf it goes.</p>
rijo<p>ICYMI: Mozilla updates Pocket integration in Firefox <a href="https://ppc.land/mozilla-updates-pocket-integration-in-firefox/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ppc.land/mozilla-updates-pocke</span><span class="invisible">t-integration-in-firefox/</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/PocketIntegration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PocketIntegration</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/WebPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://frankfurt.social/tags/ContentDiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ContentDiscovery</span></a></p>
OpenTech<p>Mozilla's blog discusses the transition to Manifest V3 for Firefox ad blockers. This change impacts how extensions function, aiming to enhance performance and security. Users may notice differences in ad-blocking capabilities and overall browser experience. The update is part of ongoing efforts to improve web standards and user privacy. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ManifestV3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ManifestV3</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdBlockers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlockers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebPrivacy</span></a></p>
Gert :debian: :gnu: :linux:<p>Web3Privacy Now Meetup @ ETHRome 2024<br>Web3Privacy Now Events</p><p>giovedì 3 ottobre<br>15:00 - 21:00<br>Rome</p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/webprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webprivacy</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/roma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>roma</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lu.ma/w3pn-meetup-rome1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lu.ma/w3pn-meetup-rome1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Don Marti<p>thinking about this some more and trying to come up with a number for how much <a href="https://federate.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> tools are costing content creators...what's the highest value I can realistically get?</p><p>If I install privacy tools to protect myself from surveillance ads, should I spend an extra $20/month on content to make up for it? </p><p><a href="https://blog.zgp.org/privacy-id-buy-that/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.zgp.org/privacy-id-buy-th</span><span class="invisible">at/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/adReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adReform</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/webPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webPrivacy</span></a></p>
𝕂𝚞𝚋𝚒𝚔ℙ𝚒𝚡𝚎𝚕<p>🛡️ When you are keen on web privacy, i.e. anonymity, what do you use? Is there actually a difference for you between <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@i2p" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>i2p</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://floss.social/@Freenet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Freenet</span></a></span> and <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/GNUnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GNUnet</span></a> and is their use important to you? Multiple selection possible.</p><p>(please share this survey, thank you :BoostOK:)<br>—<br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/webanonymiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webanonymiti</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tor</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/i2p" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i2p</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/freenet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freenet</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/spying" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spying</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/anonymity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anonymity</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/webprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webprivacy</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p>Are you a privacy professional? Would you like to work with companies like Google and Facebook to help them continue to violate our privacy? The W3C has a job for you.</p><p>Pays well, by the way (violating human rights always does).</p><p><a href="https://www.w3.org/careers/2024-privacy-lead-job-posting/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">w3.org/careers/2024-privacy-le</span><span class="invisible">ad-job-posting/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/W3C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>W3C</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/webPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/humanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanRights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/privacyWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyWashing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peopleFarming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a></p>
Aral Balkan<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://w3c.social/@w3c" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w3c</span></a></span> You forgot to add that the position will involve privacywashing your surveillance capitalist members like Google, Facebook, etc.</p><p>You are the standards body of surveillance capitalism, after all.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/webprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webprivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigWeb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/w3c" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>w3c</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/privacyWashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyWashing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/surveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ar.al/tags/peopleFarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peopleFarming</span></a></p>
World Wide Web Consortium<p>We are seeking a W3C Privacy Lead.</p><p>W3C is seeking a full-time staff member to lead our Privacy standardization efforts.<br>The position is for remote work from anywhere in the world. </p><p>Requirements include: extensive knowledge of privacy technologies and methodologies, including authentication, identity management, cryptography and familiarity with core web technologies, such as HTML, HTTP, Web APIs, and scripting <br><a href="https://w3c.social/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://w3c.social/tags/webprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webprivacy</span></a> See more at:<br><a href="https://www.w3.org/news/2024/hiring-privacy-lead/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">w3.org/news/2024/hiring-privac</span><span class="invisible">y-lead/</span></a></p>
Don Marti<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://roytanck.com/author/roy/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>roy</span></a></span> I agree.</p><p>One of the hardest <a href="https://federate.social/tags/webPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webPrivacy</span></a> problems imho is avoiding tracking on YouTube while still having an account on other Google sites.</p><p>The good news is Firefox has a feature called "Multi-Account Containers" that can make YouTube tabs and tabs for other Google sites (mostly) separate for tracking purposes.</p><p>The bad news is that there's still no one "YouTube Container" extension the way that there's a "Facebook Container." More steps are required but it works: <a href="https://blog.zgp.org/youtube-cleanup/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">blog.zgp.org/youtube-cleanup/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
der.hans<p>Firefox survey II</p><p>For those of you who block Google Analytics, which of the below do you use?</p><p>This is a follow up to last week's survey:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@lufthans/111540576094415582" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@lufthans/1115</span><span class="invisible">40576094415582</span></a></p><p>Feel free to boost for visibility, comment for specific tool recommendations</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleAnalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleAnalytics</span></a></p>
Don Marti<p>Why do you use privacy tools, settings, or services? (pick the reason that is most important to you if you have more than one)</p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/webPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webPrivacy</span></a></p>
der.hans<p>Firefox survey</p><p>Edit: follow up survey on what people use to block Google Analytics - <a href="https://mastodon.social/@lufthans/111582459033412757" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@lufthans/1115</span><span class="invisible">82459033412757</span></a></p><p>When using Firefox which of the following do you do? </p><p>See Esther's post for article about Firefox being at only 2.2% use per Google Analytics for US government sites:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/@estherschindler@hachyderm.io/111536411958417952" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@estherschindl</span><span class="invisible">er@hachyderm.io/111536411958417952</span></a></p><p>Feel free to boost for visibility</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternetPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleAnalytics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleAnalytics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InherentlyBoostable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InherentlyBoostable</span></a></p>
Don Marti<p>reporter emails are an underrated web privacy tool</p><p>"An ACT spokesperson declined to comment, but a few days after The Markup reached out for comment, we tested the ACT account page for the pixel again, and found that it was no longer sending personal data to Facebook."</p><p><a href="https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/11/22/facebook-watches-teens-online-as-they-prep-for-college" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/</span><span class="invisible">11/22/facebook-watches-teens-online-as-they-prep-for-college</span></a></p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/webPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/adReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adReform</span></a></p>
Don Marti<p>I'm not an Apple Safari power user and still trying to find a good <a href="https://federate.social/tags/trackingProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trackingProtection</span></a> extension to recommend (I think I'm good on recommendations for Firefox, Google Chrome, and MSFT Edge)</p><p>Is Magic Lasso the best option? (They say they deal with the YouTube ads which IMHO is a high priority, and they don't block ads like the ones on daringfireball.net which are legit)</p><p><a href="https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/04/12/magic-lasso-adblock" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">daringfireball.net/linked/2020</span><span class="invisible">/04/12/magic-lasso-adblock</span></a></p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/webPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/adReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adReform</span></a></p>
Don Marti<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://geeknews.chat/@theregister" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>theregister</span></a></span> Please don't forget that old-fashioned third-party cookies have a superset of the tracking capabilities of the new Google Chrome features. </p><p>You also need to go to chrome://settings/cookies and select "Block third-party cookies." <a href="https://federate.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/webPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webPrivacy</span></a> </p><p>(also, protect the users you support or build web sites for. List of items to check: <a href="https://blog.zgp.org/google-chrome-checklist/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.zgp.org/google-chrome-che</span><span class="invisible">cklist/</span></a> )</p>
Stuart Langridge<p>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebPrivacy</span></a> tip.</p><p>Most web pages use third-party stuff somehow; web fonts, images, videos, JavaScript. It can be useful (and eye-opening for you, the page developer) to see what these things actually do. Do you know about Content-Security-Policy-Report-Only? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stuartwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stuartwriting</span></a> 1/6</p>
Don Marti<p>if you recommend Privacy Badger (tracker blocking plus Global Privacy Control, no paid allow-list) for other browsers, what privacy extension do you recommend for Apple Safari?</p><p>(Right now Privacy Badger is available for Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera. I would like to be able to recommend something for Apple Safari) <a href="https://federate.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/webPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a></p>
Stuart Langridge<p>A <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebPrivacy</span></a> tip.</p><p>Fingerprinting is the act of trying to covertly identify a user or distinguish one user from another by reading stuff about their setup. Web sites and web browsers can do this, and your job as a developer is to protect your users from it. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stuartwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stuartwriting</span></a> 1/5</p>

@GordonIsenburg @semioticstandard

And even if you totally block #Facebook, companies you interact with are still sending your info to them, server to server.

Working on a way to better map out who's doing it, volunteers welcome (easy web form for those who have a $FB account, contact me if you don't have one)

innovation.consumerreports.org

(I know I didn't like the results when I saw "my" data...some retailers and orgs I had trusted are still dumping my info to this company) #privacy #webPrivacy

Innovation at Consumer ReportsWhich Companies Are Selling Or Sharing Our Personal Information? Let’s Find Out Together - Innovation at Consumer ReportsCompanies are making it harder and harder to tell who’s tracking you online. How can we see the problematic data practices that are being hidden from us?