Don’t rely on third-party hosts like YouTube and embedded widgets create privacy risks for your visitors. Host it yourself!
…Get GDPR-ready by minimizing user data after its no longer useful.
I’ve removed all existing comments and removed the comment section on my blog. Comments were seldom on-topic and had little value.
Web servers store access and error logs by default. These can be a liability as they may contain personal data as per the General…
Google reCAPTCHA has a near-monopoly on CAPTCHAs. Coinhive CAPTCHA wants people to spend a few seconds mining crypto-currencies instead of solving puzzles.
I found several privacy and security issues with the Vilfo VPN router during my week-long review.
A look at the new Google AdSense APIs for obtaining GDPR and ePrivacy consent with custom-built data-sharing consent-screens.
Your list of news feed (‘RSS’) subscriptions is unique and it can be used to create a trackable and persistent device fingerprint.
Flattr improves customer privacy protections by automatically deleting collected data when its no longer needed for its core service.
Linode required me to agree to updated Terms of Service with not enough time to review them. Hetzner’s full contract was shorter than…
The new Google Podcast app doesn’t play well with other podcast apps. It doesn’t support some podcast standards, or importing or exporting…
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) makes it clear that apps and services must delete their customers’ data when it’s no longer useful.
New browser extension integrates Firefox and Chrome browser histories with Windows Timeline. Well-received by the press despite negatively impacting user privacy.
I listen to podcasts at my desk, and Pocket Casts’ new desktop apps (based on their web apps) means I don’t need my…
Browser reading modes are inconsistent and readers never know what they’ll get when clicking on the Reading Mode button.
Ensure better privacy for YouTube videos embedded around the web with this new Firefox browser extension.
A new browser extension for Firefox and Chrome that gives people the choice to opt-out of Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) in favor of…
Microsoft To-Do app is slow and requires frequent reloading. It doesn’t sync with Outlook, Cortana, and other Microsoft task list apps.
There’s a lot to like about the privacy-focused Mailbox.org email hosting provider. The web user-interfaces isn’t all that great…
A small Google AdSense publishers’ perspective on Firefox’s new cookie-blocking policy change. It can be good for the open web ecosystem in…
I’ve removed Google Analytics from my website and built my own data-collection tool to focus on the metrics that matter to me…
…The GDPR says this should be the default, however.
The FreeStyle Libre 2 can push critical glucose level alerts to your phone. Great for managing diabetes, but it also makes you trackable out…
Scroll wants to be your one-stop subscription service for news published all over the web. How does it work? and can one subscription…
Your email provider owns your online identity by controlling your email address. You can’t port your email address to another provider as with…
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