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Em :official_verified:<p>Last Friday <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.neat.computer/@privacyguides" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>privacyguides</span></a></span> released its second episode this year of This Week in Privacy! 🎤🔒✨</p><p>You can now watch it from our PeerTube instance!</p><p>Lots of very important topics being discussed in there: <a href="https://neat.tube/w/4ZCEWBfujAqHRRABNBhjB9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">neat.tube/w/4ZCEWBfujAqHRRABNB</span><span class="invisible">hjB9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/PrivacyGuides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacyGuides</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AgeVerification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgeVerification</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BrowserFingerprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserFingerprinting</span></a></p>
Linux G. Fossman<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@jon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jon</span></a></span> Regulation can work while simultaneously building permissionless <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/freedomtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedomtech</span></a> that defeats surveillance techniques like <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/fingerprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fingerprinting</span></a>. I love the work <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HydraVeil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HydraVeil</span></a> and <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Nym" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nym</span></a> are doing in this regard.</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/HydraVeilVPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HydraVeilVPN</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NymVPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NymVPN</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillance</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/dataprivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dataprivacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/browserfingerprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browserfingerprinting</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/webtracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webtracking</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SurveillanceCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceCapitalism</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/permissionlesstech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>permissionlesstech</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/VPN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPN</span></a></p>
Patrick Leavy<p>Scientific study finds that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/adtech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>adtech</span></a> IS using browser <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fingerprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fingerprinting</span></a> to track people and so it no longer matters so much how good you are at blocking <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cookies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cookies</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trackers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trackers</span></a> 😒</p><p><a href="https://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2025/06/websites-are-tracking-you-via-browser-fingerprinting.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">engineering.tamu.edu/news/2025</span><span class="invisible">/06/websites-are-tracking-you-via-browser-fingerprinting.html</span></a></p><p>They call on browser makers to do more. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@jon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jon</span></a></span> is your team putting effort into this area?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://eupolicy.social/@johnnyryan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>johnnyryan</span></a></span> I suggest this area is added to your investigations since it is linked to the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RTB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RTB</span></a> system and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/databrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>databrokers</span></a> 🙏</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browserfingerprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browserfingerprinting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/surveillancecapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>surveillancecapitalism</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://existiert.ch/@leberschnitzel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>leberschnitzel</span></a></span> shure. Take your time. </p><ul><li>Usually the most effective solutions are further away from said webserver.</li></ul><p>Espechally since <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> gets universally blocked by users of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> like myself simply because <em>every single piece of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JS</span></a></em> I came across was not <em>"technically necessary"</em> if not outright <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/malware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malware</span></a> designed to do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptojacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptojacking</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BrowserFingerprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserFingerprinting</span></a> and/or steal logins.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@jherazob" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jherazob</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://existiert.ch/@leberschnitzel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>leberschnitzel</span></a></span> </p><p>Shure: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dread_(forum)" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dread_(f</span><span class="invisible">orum)</span></a></p><p>Another Forum that has implemented good Anti-DDoS seems to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BreachForums" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">BreachForums</a></p><p>One does have to admit they are able to do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DDoS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DDoS</span></a>-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/protection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protection</span></a> w/o value-removing middlemen, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BrowserFingerprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserFingerprinting</span></a>…</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@jbz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jbz</span></a></span> this is why using <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@torproject" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>torproject</span></a></span> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a> is my main recommendation.</p><ul><li>Cuz they'll inherently keep <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ads</span></a> out of it if not for the sake of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> and saving <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/traffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>traffic</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tor</span></a>, then it's to enshure <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> of users and twart <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BrowserFingerprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserFingerprinting</span></a> tactics!</li></ul>
Christian Pietsch 🍑<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sociale.network/@oblomov" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>oblomov</span></a></span> My initial gut reaction was the same. And I still think it may be wise to opt out of this experiment until it is better understood.</p><p>But what if this initiative could indeed serve as a privacy-preserving replacement for <a href="https://suma-ev.social/tags/tracking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tracking</span></a>? It looks better than all the terrible ideas Google came up with to replace cookies (<a href="https://suma-ev.social/tags/FLoC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FLoC</span></a> <a href="https://suma-ev.social/tags/PrivacySandbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrivacySandbox</span></a> <a href="https://suma-ev.social/tags/TopicsAPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TopicsAPI</span></a>) let alone <a href="https://suma-ev.social/tags/browserFingerprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browserFingerprinting</span></a>.</p><p>Here is my take on Mozilla's <a href="https://suma-ev.social/tags/privacyPreservingAttribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacyPreservingAttribution</span></a> aka <a href="https://suma-ev.social/tags/privateAttribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privateAttribution</span></a>: <a href="https://suma-ev.social/@christian/112761712837712799" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">suma-ev.social/@christian/1127</span><span class="invisible">61712837712799</span></a></p>
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