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Tag: privacy

  • Screenshot showing a basket containing a 'premium package' including several optional add-ons, with no obvious way to remove those add-ons.

    Dark Patterns Detective

    A fun website that aims to educate the visitor on the dangers of dark patterns is let down only slightly, in an ironic fashion, when it links to its author on LinkedIn, a website plagued with dark patterns.

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 13 January, 2025
  • Maybe Later

    "Install update" Maybe later. An excellent... I want to say poem?... from Ian Eure.

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 8 December, 2024
  • Can you climb the leaderboards and become the most illustrious viscount of paper towels in the realm?

    How to Monetize a Blog

    Tyler's written about How To Monetize A Blog, and it's excellent reading for anybody w̵͓͒h̶̤̉o̵̩͘ ̸̮̀h̷̗̓a̴̫͆s̶̢̓ ̷͔̏ȩ̴͛v̷͍̐ĕ̵̟r̷̤̈́ ̷͖̎c̴̟̓o̵͉̚ñ̴̮s̸͈̊i̴̞͆d̵̳̀ẹ̸̀r̷͉̃e̷̫͛d̶̘̈́ t̷̖͇̭̭̠͙̭̙̓̇̾̒̂͝ḩ̴̨̱͙͇͉̫̘̻̎̔į̴̛̲̪̜͈̜̻͉͖̲̰̥̘̩͕͒̈͑͂̔̆̆̍̊̕͜r̵̼͇̲͎̰̓̅͂͛̅͗͜d̷̞̃̀͊͜͝-̴̛̖̱̬̣͍͙̠̰̽̂͌̈̉̆͊̈́͘͝p̷̲̅̀̑̈́̕͝a̵̢̙͉̱͈̬͈̝̲̪͈͉̺̣̤̎̓͑͊͂͝r̸̹̳͇̦̫̿̽̈́̑͗̀͒̎̚͘͝t̵̢̖͈̺̺̻̳͔̹̩̀̐̀̿͛͛͒͂̂̌͝y̶̨̹̗̹̐͗̍͊̐̏̏̾͂̀͆͋̇̀͊ ̷̡̺̩̫̣̦̤̹͓̺̬̑͜ã̵̺͔̬̟̭̻͉̺̘̖͉̜̹̳͎̲̌͋̂͆͋̄͝d̸̢̨̢̳̗̭͍̞̣̗̯̖͚͇͔͊̉͒̓͂s̸̡̨̛̰̘̠̘̣̦̘̼͇̫͔̹͇͛̾͊͘͝͝ ̴̥̗͙̣̈́̐́̐͛̓͗͛̈́͋̇̊̐̕͘a̴̲̼͎͍̮̪͑̂̀̇̿̿͛͝ ̸̨̘̼̤̭̱̩̱̞͋̿̓̕͘g̷͉͇̰̰̰̰̻͖̫̠̹͖̅ơ̴̻̩̹̹͂̂́̇̈́̏͒́́̃̓͗͝͝͝͠ó̷̤̝͔̞͙̽̍̌͐́̈͘͠ͅd̵̼̂̀̃͒͂͐̏͌̅̈̈̒̈́ ̵̡̢͎̬̠̭̪̭̪̼̭̠̰͍̠̜̓̈́̓̀͑̍͒̏̌͂̀͂̀i̴̡̜͕͇͖̤̬̜̼̹̟͇̤̞̝̪͐́͑̋͠d̷̟̬͛͛̉̀̇̐͊̈͒͒̈́̅̽͝ę̸̛̛̹̦͇̰̱͚̮͎̟̞͇̙͖̎̐̂̌̅͊͑̐͛̈́͝ȁ̷̠̳͙̊̈̌͋͂̎́̌̌̐͝.̷͖͓͉̠͍̝̭̘́̋̈͛͒̔̂͝͝ͅ.

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 11 September, 2024
  • I don't want your data

    Manu doesn't want your data, and I don't either.

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • posted 7 December, 2023
  • Screenshot from a web-based RSS reader application, showing recent repost "Groundhog Day". The final line contains a link with the text "I ❤️ FreshRSS", but the red heart emoji seems to be enormous compared to the next adjacent to it.

    Stopping WordPress Emoji 'Images' in Feeds

    By default, WordPress's RSS feeds replace emoji with externally-hosted images of emoji. Let's see if we can turn that off.

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    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 4 September, 2023
  • Fabricated screenshot from Microsoft Edge, browsing 3r.org.uk: a "privacy" icon in the address bar has been clicked, and the resulting menu says: About 3r.org.uk. Connection is secure (with link for more info). Privacy and Cookies (with link for more info). Cookies (3 cookies in use) - Strictly necessary (2 in use), dropdown menu set to "Default (accept, delete later)"; Optional (1 in use), dropdown menu set to "Accept for this site". Checkbox for "Treat third-party cookies differently?", unchecked. Privacy (link to full policy): Legitimate interest - this site collects username, IP address, technical logs...; Consenmt - this site collects email address, phone number... Button to manage content. Button to "Exercise data rights".

    How a 2002 standard made 2022 bearable

    Somewhere, in another timeline, the P3P standard is alive and thriving and saving us from cookie/privacy popovers.

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    • Article
    • 9 comments
    • posted 24 April, 2023
  • Dan, near his front door, reads his mail. His facial expression suggests that he's about to exclaim "What!?"

    Email Tracking and Paperless Banking

    Dan's paperless baking gets taken away when he doesn't consent to them tracking when and where he reads their emails.

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    • Article
    • 1 comment
    • posted 16 November, 2021
  • Image representing post: Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective

    Exploiting vulnerabilities in Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer from an app's perspective

    Moxie Marlinspike "acquires" a Cellebrite UFED and hacks it, with all the delight and sarcasm you'd expect. Dan partially-translates.

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    • Repost
    • of this original
    • 4 comments
    • posted 27 April, 2021
  • Google One VPN announcement, featuring the words "US Only"

    Why using Google VPN is a terrible idea

    Google are launching a VPN service. The Proton team say why that's bad, and Dan takes a more-sarcastic look at the issue.

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    • Repost
    • 1 comment
    • posted 3 November, 2020
  • Image representing post: Apple just killed Offline Web Apps while purporting to protect your privacy

    Apple just killed Offline Web Apps while purporting to protect your privacy

    Safari's new privacy protections are for the most part great, but Dan joins Aral Balkan in criticising their effect on offline web apps.

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    • Repost
    • posted 26 March, 2020
  • Third party

    Jeremy Keith wonders if the Web would have third-party cookies and JS at all if it were invented today, and Dan weighs in.

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    • Repost
    • posted 15 November, 2019
  • Shredding Bodleian payslips

    Shredding eight years of old payslips

    Finally convinced he's not going to need them any longer, Dan shreds 8 years of past Bodleian payslips.

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    • Video
    • 3 comments
    • posted 13 October, 2019
  • Image representing post: This is your phone on feminism

    This is your phone on feminism

    Our devices are basically gaslighting us, argues Maria Farrell.

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    • Repost
    • posted 23 September, 2019
  • Review of The Rusty Bicycle

    This review of The Rusty Bicycle originally appeared on Google Maps. See more reviews by Dan. The Rusty Bicycle, 28 Magdalen Rd, Oxford OX4 1RB, United Kingdom. Rating: ⭐⭐⭐ Visited today for the first time. Discovered when I came to order that special offers (e.g. £5 lunchtime pizzas) on the menu aren't actually honoured when …

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    • Review
    • 2 comments
    • posted 17 May, 2019
  • Fathom Analytics dashboard

    Goodbye Google Analytics, Hello Fathom

    Big news! This site is no longer using Google Analytics and I’ve switched to a self-hosted version of brand new analytics product Fathom.



     

    Fathom is very simple. It only tracks 4 things: Unique Visitors, Page Views, Time on Site, and Bounce Rate. It shows me a chart of page views and visitors and then gives me …

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    • 1 comment
    • posted 17 April, 2019

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