Glad to see #Rob from #FPF brings up #Kobler's #contextualads solution as a viable alternative to #RTB and #SurveillanceAdvertising.
Also makes a super important point about mandatory #DoNotTrack signals in browsers.
IMO this is what #Mozilla should be working towards, not making #Firefox as a data collection platform.
"Do Not Track" was a web standard created in 2009, and Firefox was the first browser to adopt the feature. However, Websites, routinely ignore it, and in some cases it can actually reduce your privacy.
So Firefox is now dropping the features, and encourages users to look at other ways to protect their privacy, including Enhanced Tracking Protection, Website containers, And others that actually work.
FOSS NEWS
Mozilla removes Do Not Track setting from Firefox, because most websites don't respect it, in fact, it often makes fingerprint more unique, because most users don't have it enabled; “Tell websites not to sell or share my data” setting is recommended instead as it's more enforcable by law:
https://betanews.com/2024/12/11/mozilla-removes-do-not-track-setting-from-firefox-and-suggests-an-alternative/
PeerTube launches limited mobile apps with local account support, available on Google Play and App Store, with F-Droid release planned:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/12/decentralized-video-platform-peertube-has-launched-a-limited-mobile-app-for-ios-and-android/
https://joinpeertube.org/news/peertube-app
(Wow my latest video got "featured" on one of the screenshots in the official announcement! I'm famous, guys! I'm famous! lol)
(Jokes aside, it's good that PeerTube finally has its own mobile app, it can potentially get more people using the platform, in this mobile-oriented digital landscape. The local account thing is pretty interesting, I've only seen that feature in third-party YouTube/PeerTube clients like NewPipe and FreeTube. PeerTube is probably the first video sharing platform implementing it in its official app.)
Itch.io indie game marketplace has been taken down following false AI phishing report:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/12/itch-io-marketplace-has-been-taken-down-offline-by-funko-following-an-ai-phishing-report/
https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/the-reality-is-weirder-than-the:a
(Luckily, the situation is solved, the site is back online. But yeah, it was a pretty tough situation.)
PenPot 2.4 released with version history, ability to invite team members to view and comment on files without editing access, new .penpot file format for improved import/export:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/12/penpot-2-4-brings-viewer-roles-version-history-new-penpot-file-format-and-more/
(PenPot team kicking Figma's butt again lol)
QEMU 9.2 released with AWS Nitro Enclave emulation, RISC-V and ARM improvements and more:
https://9to5linux.com/qemu-9-2-brings-aws-nitro-enclave-emulation-many-risc-v-improvements
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(see thread)
#DoNotTrack is dead. Long live #GlobalPrivacyControl!
Of course, Google #Chrome/#Chromium, Microsoft #Edge and Apple #Safari still don't give a shit about #privacy
https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/12/firefox_do_not_track/?td=rt-3a
Unelma paremmasta yksityisyydensuojasta ei koskaan lyönyt itseään läpi - Firefox lopettaa Do Not Track -toiminnon
Do Not Track -tekniikasta piti tulla yksityisyyttä tarjoava, helppokäyttöinen ratkaisu. Kaikki selaimet tukivat sitä, mutta koska mikään laki ei vaatinut mainostajia tukemaan sitä, siitä ei koskaan ollut juurikaan mitään hyötyä.
https://dawn.fi/uutiset/2024/12/12/do-not-track-toiminto-poistuu-firefoxista
It wasn’t useless… it helped delay any meaningful privacy regulation by a good ten years by perpetuating the myth of “self regulation.”
PS. Don’t look too closely at who was behind it to begin with if you don’t want to be disappointed yet again.
#mozilla #DoNotTrack https://infosec.exchange/@drsbaitso/113636432485976158
Mozilla has removed the “Do Not Track” feature present in Firefox since 2009 for being useless and because it can sometimes reduce privacy. It was the first browser to adopt the feature in 2009.
#mozilla #firefox #browser #donottrack #dnt
https://www.engadget.com/cybersecurity/firefox-will-no-longer-support-do-not-track-feature-141543907.html
Mozilla Firefox removes "Do Not Track" Feature support: Here's what it means for your Privacy Firefox is removing Do Not Track support
Firefox is removing the Do Not Track setting from version 135 onwards. Mozilla recommends using Global Privacy Control setting as alternative,
Peter Wedde sagt auch:
„Die Datenschutzrichtlinien bei Temu und Shein öffnen einer Verarbeitung von Kundendaten in China, die gegen europäisches Recht verstößt, Tür und Tor.“
#Temu #Shein #DarkPatterns #ChinaImport
#DoNotTrack #Verbraucherschutz
#BBA24 #BBA #BigBrotherAwards
Der BigBrotherAward 2024 in der Kategorie „Verbraucherschutz“ geht an die
Handelsplattformen Temu und Shein.
Laudator ist Peter Wedde. Er sagt:
„Die Datenschutzregeln und die AGB von TEMU und SHEIN sind von ähnlich schlechter Qualität wie die angebotenen Produkte.“
Die ganze Laudatio finden Sie unter
https://bigbrotherawards.de/2024/temu-und-shein
#Temu #Shein #DarkPatterns #ChinaImport
#DoNotTrack #Verbraucherschutz
#BBA24 #BBA #BigBrotherAwards
Hallo @bfdi, wäre die verbindliche Interpretation des #doNotTrack Headers als Entscheidung der AnwenderInnen, nur technisch notwendige cookies zu erlauben, sinnvoll zur Datenminimierung und damit möglicher Teil eines Sicherheitskonzepts zur #Einwilligungsverwaltung?
(Natürlich hat #DNT ein Fingerprinting-Problem, aber da es clientseitig eingeschaltet werden muss, ist es eine Userentscheidung und es gibt es hier clientseitig Entwicklungspotential, das zu lösen.)
On Windows 11, the "Do Not Track" (DNT) is a privacy feature available in most browsers that allows you to signal websites requesting them not to collect or share your browsing data.
#microsoft #windows11 #dnt #donottrack #privacy
https://tchlp.com/3I4lJlK
A small victory for privacy, the Do-Not-Track (DNT) ruling might end up reshaping how websites and other online platforms have to handle our data more broadly.
@malteengeler Wenn das Urteil rechtskräftig würde, wäre das das Ende des Cookiebanners für alle, die DNT aktiviert haben? #DSGVO #DoNotTrack
@tesmaia Oh, but there is.
Or at least was.
Meet #DoNotTrack
Do Not Track (DNT) is a formerly official HTTP header field, designed to allow internet users to opt-out of tracking by websites—which includes the collection of data regarding a user's activity across multiple distinct contexts, and the retention, use, or sharing of data derived from that activity outside the context in which it occurred.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track
Industry refused to adopt it and the standard was withdrawn in 2018. So we get !@#$%^&*() consent dialogues.
My own response to those:
Note that this is usually overkill as uMatrix typically denies third-party cookies anyway. But it's my little personal protest.
(uBlock Origin, uMatrix, and Stylish are all browser extensions for #Firefox, Chrome, Safari, etc. Note that you want uBlock Origin and NOT the uBlock, which has gone to the dark side.
@SwiftOnSecurity Yeah,
The sheer fact that "#DoNotTrack" isn't mandatory not that instead the default ain't "deny all" isn't the legal default.
@netzpolitik_feed Hauptprobleme die ich sehe:
- #Datenschutz wird #paywalled [ Warum ist das überhaupt zulässig? ]
- Kein effektives & einfaches "Alle Cookies & Tracking ablehnen!" [z.B. #DoNotTrack"] vorgeschrieben.
- Nicht nur "#Login-#Cookies" bzw. "#Session-Cookies" werden als "technisch notwendig erlaubt
- Zahnlose #DSGVO: #GAFAM und andere #Govware-Verteiler #Spionage - Teilnehmer [#PRISM läuft immernoch!] sind immernoch straf- & konsequenzfrei!
