N-gated Hacker NewsDec 17
🚨🚫 Oh no, the #US is shaking its fist at the #EU over digital services, but JavaScript won't let us read the details! 💻🔒 The real crisis here is their website's tantrum over our privacy extensions. Maybe they should threaten their own tech support instead. 😜
https://twitter.com/ustraderep/status/2000990028835508258 #Relations #DigitalServices #PrivacyExtensions #TechSupport #HackerNews #ngated
United States Trade Representative (@USTradeRep) on X

The European Union and certain EU Member States have persisted in a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directives against U.S. service providers. U.S. services companies provide substantial free services to EU citizens and reliable

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N-gated Hacker NewsDec 16
🚨🤖 BREAKING NEWS: "Privacy" extensions are selling your secrets! Who knew that clicking "accept" was basically signing over your soul and deepest thoughts to the #ShadyPanda Corporation? 🐼💼 Now, 8 million of us can enjoy the honor of having our mundane AI conversations peddled for profit. Truly, we're living in the future! 🎉🔐
https://www.koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection #PrivacyExtensions #DataSelling #AIConversations #DigitalPrivacy #HackerNews #ngated
8 Million Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by "Privacy" Extensions

Privacy browser extensions misled users and sold 8 million AI chat logs, exposing sensitive conversations for profit without consent.

Hacker NewsDec 16

8M Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by "Privacy" Extensions

https://www.koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection

#HackerNews #AIConversations #PrivacyExtensions #DataCollection #UserPrivacy #DataEthics

8 Million Users' AI Conversations Sold for Profit by "Privacy" Extensions

Privacy browser extensions misled users and sold 8 million AI chat logs, exposing sensitive conversations for profit without consent.

N-gated Hacker NewsSep 23
🖥️🥴 Welcome to the magical land where a 10% easier app means a 200% user boost, unless you're on x.com, where #JavaScript exiles your hopes and dreams. Just disable all your privacy extensions and maybe, just maybe, you'll witness the miracle of #common #sense. 😂🔄
https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1970422069151355163 #magicalapps #userboost #privacyextensions #HackerNews #ngated
Paul Graham (@paulg) on X

If you make your app 10% easier to use you'll get twice as many users.

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N-gated Hacker NewsSep 12
🌐🚫 Ah, the never-ending saga of the #EU trying to control the uncontrollable! JavaScript-disabled users, rejoice, as your browser compatibility issues have once again triumphed over legislative futility. Who knew that privacy extensions could double as the defenders of our digital freedom? 🤷‍♂️🎉
https://twitter.com/TutaPrivacy/status/1966384776883142661 #Regulation #JavaScript #PrivacyExtensions #DigitalFreedom #BrowserCompatibility #HackerNews #ngated
Tuta (@TutaPrivacy) on X

We did it: DE 🇩🇪 LU🇱🇺 & SK🇸🇰 just decided to oppose Chat Control! 🥳 Thanks everyone for your help and keep fighting the good fight. 🫶 Chat Control will not get a majority - at least not today.

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Negative PID Inc.Aug 6

What happens when we click the "Accept" button of a cookie banner on a website? Who are we sending our data to, and from where?
In this article, we explain what happens and the best ways to protect your privacy and online security with browsing best practices.

https://negativepid.blog/cookies-what-do-we-agree-to-when-we-click-accept/

#cookies #dataPrivacy #browsers #dataCollection #privacyExtensions

Sam BentApr 30, 2025
Install privacy-respecting extensions.
Some browser add-ons actively block trackers.
#PrivacyExtensions #TrackerBlockers #BrowserArmor
Show threadKevin Karhan Apr 25, 2025

@landley @jschauma @ryanc @0xabad1dea yeah, the exhaustion problem would've been shoved back with a #64bit or sufficiently delayed by a 40bit number.

Unless we also hate #NAT and expect every device to have a unique static #IP (which is a #privacy nightmare at best that "#PrivacyExtensions" barely fixed.)

  • I mean they could've also gone the #DECnet approach and use the #EUI48 / #MAC-Address (or #EUI64) as static addressing system, but that would've made #vendors and not #ISPs the powerful forces of allocation. (Similar to how technically the #ICCID dictates #GSM / #4G / #5G access and not the #IMEI unless places like Australia ban imported devices.

I guess using a #128bit address space was inspired by #ZFS doing the same before, as the folks who designed both wanted to design a solution that clearly will outlive them (way harder than COBOL has outlived Grace Hopper)...

If I was @BNetzA I would've mandated #DualStack and banned #CGNAT (or at least the use of CGNAT in #RFC1918 address spaces) as well as #DualStackLite!

HostvixJul 23, 2024

Google will not phase out tracking cookies in Chrome after all

https://stackdiary.com/google-will-not-phase-out-tracking-cookies-in-chrome-after-all/

#Privacy #AdTracking #GoogleChrome #ThirdPartyCookies #OnlinePrivacy #DataCollection #UserControl #PrivacySettings #AdTech #BrowserPrivacy #DigitalPrivacy #UserConsent #PrivacySandbox #TrackingCookies #AdTargeting #PrivacyTools #DataProtection #UserChoice #BrowserSettings #PrivacyExtensions #UserData #OnlineSecurity #AdTransparency #UserRights #PrivacyControls #DataPrivacy #BrowserTracking

Google will not phase out tracking cookies in Chrome after all

Google has reversed its decision to phase out third-party cookies in its Chrome browser, a move initially seen as a significant step towards improving

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heise online (inoffiziell)Feb 19, 2018
Die Überwachungsmethoden der Tracker werden immer ausgefeilter. Selbst bei Online-Apotheken bedienen sich die Datendealer. Datenschutz-Forscher Arvind Narayanan ärgert sich über die Untätigkeit der großen Browser-Hersteller. https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/WWW-Tracking-Methoden-werden-brutaler-Browser-Hersteller-schauen-weg-3718112.html #ArvindNarayanan #Brave #Browser #Datenschutz #DoNotTrack #PrincetonUniversity #PrivacyBadger #PrivacyExtensions #Tracking #USA #Werbung #usenix #Überwachung
WWW: Tracking-Methoden werden brutaler, Browser-Hersteller schauen weg

Die Überwachungsmethoden der Tracker werden immer ausgefeilter. Selbst bei Online-Apotheken bedienen sich die Datendealer. Datenschutz-Forscher Arvind Narayanan ärgert sich über die Untätigkeit der großen Browser-Hersteller.