#webprivacy — Public Fediverse posts

Apple’s Private Relay can expose users’ real IP addresses due to issues in its browser engine, researchers found. 🔍
404 Media verified that malicious sites can exploit the flaws to obtain IP addresses. 🔐

🔗 https://www.404media.co/apples-private-relay-is-exposing-users-real-ip-addresses/

#TechNews #Apple #PrivateRelay #Privacy #Security #IPAddresses #WebPrivacy #BrowserSecurity #Cybersecurity #Technology #DigitalRights #iOS #PrivacyTech

Fonts can delay a page, shift its layout, and send visitor data to another provider.

Careful local font delivery protects the intended typography while supporting speed, stability, and privacy.

#Typography #WebPerformance #WebPrivacy

#Petition in #Canada to stop bill c-22. Very important for #privacy! Sign here ⬇️ and share!

https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-7416

#internet #rights #eff #vpn #quebec #ontario #bc #alberta #saskatchewan #manitoba #yukon #nwt #nunavut #pei #newbrunswick #labrador #newfoundland #novascotia #laws #c22 #billc22 #encryption #canpoli #cdnpoli #politics #politique #politiqueqc #carney #markcarney #lpc #CyberRights #cybersecurity #internetsecurity #webprivacy #internetprivacy #metadata #democracy #news #trending

Ah, the utopian dream of the web, where giants like Meta, Google, and Apple hold hands to bring us "privacy" through an #advertising #cartel 🤡. #Mozilla tags along like a forgotten sidekick, ensuring we can't even choose our own fate 🔒. No consent needed, because who wants #autonomy when you can have targeted ads? 🙃
https://blog.zgp.org/the-advertising-cartel-coming-to-your-web-browser/ #webprivacy #techgiants #targetedads #HackerNews #ngated

📆 24 February 2026

Next week Simone Onofri, W3C Security Lead will talk about the importance of security, privacy, and human rights by design in innovative technologies during a "Human-Centered Threat Modeling for Digital Identity Systems: A LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Workshop " at the Geneva Business School - Barcelona Campus 🇪🇸

#WebSecurity #WebPrivacy #HumanRights
https://www.w3.org/events/talks/2026/human-centered-threat-modeling-for-digital-identity-systems-a-lego-serious-play-workshop/

OUT TODAY: Cookies: How Ad Platforms Steal Your Mind (Part 2)! Dive into the mind-boggling infrastructure that Google et al have built to do reprehensible things with your data, like sell it to ICE https://techblows.net/14 #privacy #browsers #webprivacy #advertising #podcast

🚀 Oh great, another piece trying to decode the secret sauce of Brave's 'Agentic Browser Security'—a fancy way to say "we might protect you from the Big Bad Web." 🤔 Don't worry, you can keep your tinfoil hat on while browsing with your NFT collection and AI sidekick, Leo. 🦄🔍
https://brave.com/blog/comet-prompt-injection/ #BraveBrowser #AgenticSecurity #WebPrivacy #TinfoilHat #NFTCollection #HackerNews #ngated

🚀 Brave just open-sourced Cookiecrumbler! 🍪🤖 This smart tool uses AI to detect & block cookie consent banners without breaking websites. Say goodbye to annoying pop-ups and hello to smoother, privacy-first browsing! 🌐🔒 Check out the project & join the community on GitHub! 👩‍💻👨‍💻 #Privacy #OpenSource #BraveBrowser #Cookiecrumbler #AdTech #AI #WebPrivacy #oldnewz

👉 https://cyberinsider.com/brave-open-sources-cookiecrumbler-to-automate-cookie-notice-blocking/

There should be a fork for Firefox-based browsers of this, in my opinion. And then into LibreWolf it goes.

Third Party Cookies Must Be Removed

https://w3ctag.github.io/web-without-3p-cookies/

#HackerNews #ThirdPartyCookies #WebPrivacy #DigitalRights #OnlineSecurity #CookiePolicy

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. #Firefox #ManifestV3 #AdBlockers #WebPrivacy

WebKit enhances Safari privacy with Private Browsing 2.0

https://stackdiary.com/webkit-enhances-safari-privacy-with-private-browsing-2-0/

#Privacy #Security #WebKit #Safari #Browsing #Online #Protection #PrivacyMatters #SecureBrowsing #WebPrivacy #DigitalSecurity #Incognito #Anonymous #Encrypted #NoTracking #Private #TechNews #CyberSecurity #TechUpdates #OnlineSafety #WebSecurity #InternetPrivacy #TechInnovation #WebSafety #PrivacyProtection #DataSecurity #Browser #Secure #PrivacyUpdate #TechPrivacy

Mozilla: Arms race with advertisers may be unwinnable

https://stackdiary.com/mozilla-arms-race-with-advertisers-may-be-unwinnable/

#Mozilla #Firefox #Privacy #Advertising #Tracking #OnlinePrivacy #UserPrivacy #AdTracking #TechNews #DigitalAdvertising #WebBrowser #DataProtection #AdMeasurement #TechControversy #UserData #AdMetrics #BrowserPrivacy #PrivacyFeature #DigitalPrivacy #WebPrivacy #AdTech #TechDebate #PrivacySettings #UserConsent #OnlineTracking #TechUpdates #PrivacyFirst #AdAPI #PrivacyTools #InternetSafety

This weekend's spur of the moment tech project to avoid doing my annual taxes was to configure @floccus so that I can privately sync my bookmarks across my browsers and devices using WebDav.

The bookmarks were loosely sync'd so there was just minor additions and duplication. This went surprisingly well. More order to the bookmark chaos and I'm slimming down.

#floccus #privacy #webprivacy

thinking about this some more and trying to come up with a number for how much #privacy tools are costing content creators...what's the highest value I can realistically get?

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?

https://blog.zgp.org/privacy-id-buy-that/

#adReform #webPrivacy

🛡️ When you are keen on web privacy, i.e. anonymity, what do you use? Is there actually a difference for you between @torproject, @i2p, @Freenet and #GNUnet and is their use important to you? Multiple selection possible.

(please share this survey, thank you :BoostOK:)
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#webanonymiti #web #privacy #tor #i2p #freenet #spying #anonymity #webprivacy

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.

Pays well, by the way (violating human rights always does).

https://www.w3.org/careers/2024-privacy-lead-job-posting/

#W3C #hiring #webPrivacy #web #privacy #humanRights #privacyWashing #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming #BigTech #BigWeb #google #facebook

@w3c You forgot to add that the position will involve privacywashing your surveillance capitalist members like Google, Facebook, etc.

You are the standards body of surveillance capitalism, after all.

#hiring #webprivacy #BigWeb #BigTech #w3c #privacy #privacyWashing #surveillanceCapitalism #peopleFarming

We are seeking a W3C Privacy Lead.

W3C is seeking a full-time staff member to lead our Privacy standardization efforts.
The position is for remote work from anywhere in the world.

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
#hiring #webprivacy See more at:
https://www.w3.org/news/2024/hiring-privacy-lead/

@roy I agree.

One of the hardest #webPrivacy problems imho is avoiding tracking on YouTube while still having an account on other Google sites.

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.

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: https://blog.zgp.org/youtube-cleanup/

Firefox survey II

For those of you who block Google Analytics, which of the below do you use?

This is a follow up to last week's survey:

https://mastodon.social/@lufthans/111540576094415582

Feel free to boost for visibility, comment for specific tool recommendations

#Firefox #InternetPrivacy #WebPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #GoogleAnalytics

Edit: bah, survey fail, forgot to make multi-select

Why do you use privacy tools, settings, or services? (pick the reason that is most important to you if you have more than one)

#privacy #webPrivacy

Firefox survey

Edit: follow up survey on what people use to block Google Analytics - https://mastodon.social/@lufthans/111582459033412757

When using Firefox which of the following do you do?

See Esther's post for article about Firefox being at only 2.2% use per Google Analytics for US government sites:

https://mastodon.social/@estherschindl[email protected]/111536411958417952

Feel free to boost for visibility

#Firefox #InternetPrivacy #WebPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #GoogleAnalytics #InherentlyBoostable

reporter emails are an underrated web privacy tool

"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."

https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/11/22/facebook-watches-teens-online-as-they-prep-for-college

#privacy #webPrivacy #adReform

I'm not an Apple Safari power user and still trying to find a good #trackingProtection extension to recommend (I think I'm good on recommendations for Firefox, Google Chrome, and MSFT Edge)

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)

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2020/04/12/magic-lasso-adblock

#privacy #webPrivacy #adReform

@theregister Please don't forget that old-fashioned third-party cookies have a superset of the tracking capabilities of the new Google Chrome features.

You also need to go to chrome://settings/cookies and select "Block third-party cookies." #privacy #webPrivacy

(also, protect the users you support or build web sites for. List of items to check: https://blog.zgp.org/google-chrome-checklist/ )

A #WebPrivacy tip.

All the websites you build are https these days, right? Good. If you do http too, you should redirect it to https as well. This protects your users' privacy, and ensures that your site won't show up on whynohttps.com if it becomes popular. #stuartwriting 1/4

A #WebPrivacy tip.

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? #stuartwriting 1/6

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?

(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) #privacy #webPrivacy #apple