Privacy
Personal data should be auto-delete after a few months by default
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) makes it clear that apps and services must delete their customers’ data when it’s no longer useful.
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How to detect Brave despite it not having a unique User-Agent
Brave browser pretends to be Google Chrome to avoid being blocked. You can, however, still detect it by analyzing its uniqueness.
Privacy
GDPR in Practice: Flattr now deletes your history within 3 months
Flattr improves customer privacy protections by automatically deleting collected data when its no longer needed for its core service.
Privacy
I’d welcome usage reporting in Fedora Linux
Debian and Ubuntu have benefitted from good package reporting and analytics. It’s time Fedora Linux started collecting some more usage metrics.
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Feed readers can be uniquely fingerprinted
Your list of news feed (‘RSS’) subscriptions is unique and it can be used to create a trackable and persistent device fingerprint.
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New AdSense APIs for gathering user-consent
A look at the new Google AdSense APIs for obtaining GDPR and ePrivacy consent with custom-built data-sharing consent-screens.
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What breaks if you use First-Party Isolation in Firefox
Firefox’s FPI system keeps websites from tracking your movements across websites. This gives excellent privacy protections but at a cost of web compatibility.
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How to limit tracking in software downloads
Here is what you can do to protect yourself against websites injecting tracking-code into the software installers you download.
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Software downloads now contain unique tracking identifiers
Popular software vendors inject unique tracking identifiers when you download their installers to track you all the from the web and onto the desktop.
Privacy
Vilfo review: Not designed for security or privacy – Part 3:4
I found several privacy and security issues with the Vilfo VPN router during my week-long review.
Accessibility
On using Coinhive CAPTCHA instead of reCAPTCHA by Google
Google reCAPTCHA has a near-monopoly on CAPTCHAs. Coinhive CAPTCHA wants people to spend a few seconds mining crypto-currencies instead of solving puzzles.
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EU GDPR and personal data in web server logs
Web servers store access and error logs by default. These can be a liability as they may contain personal data as per the General Data Protection Regulation.