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Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers
Abuse allows Meta and Yandex to attach persistent identifiers to detailed browsing histories.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/headline-to-come/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Emma Zühlcke Jun 3

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/headline-to-come/

Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers

Abuse allows Meta and Yandex to attach persistent identifiers to detailed browsing histories.

Ars Technica

Emma Zühlcke Jun 3

"Disclosure: Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android " https://localmess.github.io/
Hopefully fixed soon by all major browsers.

Explainer for the protection: https://github.com/explainers-by-googlers/local-network-access

Unfortunately this means there will be permission prompts for websites connecting to localhost. These prompts are quite technical and hard for most users to understand.

Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android

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Emma Zühlcke May 22

I've experienced this first hand, back when I hosted a public Minecraft server. I had to pay my server host (Hetzner) extra, so that they would in turn pay for better peering with Deutsche Telekom. Had I not done that, a significant amount of my players would have not been able to play without lag.

Emma Zühlcke May 22

There is finally a complaint against Deutsche Telekom about their, in my opinion, unfair peering practices (in German): https://epicenter.works/content/keine-zweiklassengesellschaft-im-internet-buendnis-reicht-beschwerde-gegen-deutsche-telekom-ein

It's a practice where they're trying to get money not only from their customers, who pay for internet access, but also from online services using very restrictive peering policies. The result is often that networks (and server owners) who don't pay Deutsche Telekom, experience connection issues with their users.

Keine Zweiklassengesellschaft im Internet: Beschwerde gegen Deutsche Telekom

Epicenter.works, die Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF), der Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv) und Stanford-Professorin Barbara van Schewick haben bei der Bundesnetzagentur eine Beschwerde gegen die Deutsche Telekom eingereicht. Ziel der Beschwerde ist es, Verletzungen des europäischen Netzneutralitätsgesetzes durch die Telekom zu beenden und die Internetqualität für Millionen von Telekom-Kund:innen zu verbessern.

Emma Zühlcke May 20

Sören Hentzschel 🦊May 20

#Firefox #Security #Privacy Newsletter 2025 Q1 https://attackanddefense.dev/2025/05/20/firefox-security-privacy-newsletter-2025-q1.html

Firefox Security Privacy Newsletter 2025 Q1

Firefox Security and Privacy Newsletter 2025 Q1

Attack & Defense

Emma Zühlcke May 14

tante May 14

So if you are a EU citizen would you do me a favor and sign this petition to ban "conversion therapy" throughout Europe? Thanks

https://eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/screen/home

Emma Zühlcke May 2

Finally!!
https://chaos.social/@sasastanisic/114437228529950020

Saša Stanišić (@sasastanisic@chaos.social)

no shit sherlock https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/afd-verfassungsschutz-stuft-gesamte-partei-als-gesichert-rechtsextremistisch-ein-a-c571570b-c17d-43b8-8bf6-b27699fcb8cf

chaos.social

Emma Zühlcke May 1

Felix Reda May 1

„I created a list of 19 ways that the Nazis pushed Jews out of society between 1933 and 1939, paving the way for the “Final Solution.” They banned Jewish people from schools and universities, from the civil service, and from the media. They made it illegal for them to participate in sports, kicked them out of the military, and denied them state funded health care.“

„By my count, Republicans today are attempting to achieve all 19 but attacking trans people instead.“

https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/04/29/why-i-am-leaving-the-usa/

Why I Am Leaving the USA - Dame Magazine

My family is fleeing the country. We are not doing this in a panic; this is an orderly retreat from an unwinnable situation. We are slowly but surely packing up and emptying out our house. Instead of planning summer vacation and planting flowers, we're tackling a mountain of overdue home repairs, painting, carpeting, and deep

Dame Magazine -

Emma Zühlcke Apr 28

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Open Web Advocacy Apr 28

🧩 Do we truly believe the web would be better off in a world where Mozilla no longer exists?

📖 Full article here:
https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/is-it-worth-killing-mozilla-to-shave-off-less-than-1-percent-from-googles-market-share

Is It Worth Killing Mozilla to Shave Off Less Than 1% From Google’s Market Share? - Open Web Advocacy

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