Privacy
I’m an advocate of digital privacy rights. I blog about regulatory and technical solutions to improve people’s online privacy.
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Bluetooth privacy and the FreeStyle Libre 2 glucose monitoring system
How to test if your Bluetooth devices support BLE Privacy
Google should auto-delete aging user data by default
Safari’s Beacon API problems
My thoughts on Firefox blocking tracking/ad cookies by default
Goodbye FastMail
AMP opt-out extension for Firefox
Extension enhances privacy of all embedded YouTube videos
Extension adding Windows Timeline support to third-party browsers should have raised more privacy questions
Apps and services should auto-delete personal data after a few months by default
Brave should have its own User-Agent, but here’s how you detect it anyway
GDPR in Practice: Flattr now deletes your browsing history within 3 months
I’d welcome usage reporting in Fedora Linux
Feed readers can be uniquely fingerprinted
New AdSense APIs for gathering user-consent
What is First-Party Isolation in Firefox and what breaks if you enabled it
How to limit tracking in software downloads
Unique tracking identifiers are embedded into your software downloads
Vilfo VPN router review: Not designed for security or privacy – Part 3/4
On using Coinhive CAPTCHA instead of reCAPTCHA by Google
EU GDPR and personal data in webserver logs
Reduce the max cookie lifetime from decades to days in Firefox
Mozilla celebrates 1M new non-Gecko users
Embed a JavaScript CDN in your web browser with Decentraleyes
Private bug trackers leak data on security vulnerabilities and other known issues
Fluxfonts 2.0 for Windows 10
Stop it with the aggressive remarketing campaigns already!
Privacy Badger improves privacy but breaks the web
Fluxfonts – font fingerprint cloaking
Photos on the gay dating app Grindr are by no means private
CyanogenMod’s one big advantage over stock Android
Do you trust Microsoft with all your passwords?
Multiple accounts required to keep Windows private and secure
Not all web analytics is bad
IE11 Preloading-feature sends browsing history to Microsoft
Host It Yourself: Stop embedding external content on your site
