@standardebooks Please do not use Tinyurl or similar tools for encoding/shortening URL's in the #Fediverse.  Many of us do not want to be tracked on here...part of what makes the Fediverse amazing is getting from all the corporate, analytics, telemetry, and such stuff.  Also, it obfuscates the destination of the URL, make it less trustworthy. Additionally, it may be an accessibility issue (but since I'm not an expert on this topic, I'll let someone more knowledgeable chime in on this point).

This is somewhat of a best practice in the in #Fediverse.

#donottrack #notinyurl #notracking

Do_not_track

https://donottrack.sh/

#HackerNews #DoNotTrack #privacy #online #security #tracking #protection

KQED: What Is the Point of California’s Privacy Laws if Big Tech Ignores Them?. “An independent review of Microsoft, Meta and Google web traffic in California in March found the tech companies may have violated state regulations around internet privacy. The audit, by webXray, also said that nearly 200 online advertising services ignored ‘legally defined, globally standard, opt-out signals’ […]

Privacy, by @httparchive.org:

https://almanac.httparchive.org/en/2025/privacy

#webalmanac #studies #research #metrics #privacy #legal #consentmanagement #donottrack

Started collecting some env variables to opt out telemetry from different cli tools and #javascript frameworks

https://cli-telemetry.revathskumar.workers.dev/

#optout #cli #telemetry #donottrack #fish #zsh

If you “honour” my #DoNotTrack* signal, why don't you just shut the fuck up, dear https://docs.spring.io? 🙄

* More accurately: #GlobalPrivacyControl header or #GPC

#DoNotTrack in Kalifornien:

#Gesetz566 verpflichtet #Browser-Anbieter ab 2027 zu einer Opt-out-Funktion, "die Websites automatisch darüber informiert, dass persönliche Daten nicht an Dritte weitergegeben werden dürfen."

https://www.heise.de/news/Kalifornien-staerkt-Datenschutz-Das-Ende-des-Cookies-wie-wir-ihn-kennen-11069439.html

#CookieBanner #Cookies #Tracking #Werbetracking #OnlineTracking #DSGVO #Datenschutz

Are you using Firefox? Changes in europe have given teeth to 'do not track' settings you can set in your browser. These settings are now likley to be honored (more often) by web apps especially those with strong international presence.

You can set the new 'Do not track' which now called 'Global privacy control' like this..

Firefox > Settings > Privacy & Security > Tell websites not to sell or share my data ✅

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/global-privacy-control

#Privacy #DigitalJustice #Firefox #DoNotTrack #GlobalPrivacyControl