Indeed, we need more traffic going through Tor if we want to keep it effective.
The FSF words are strong but deserved in this case. Let's hope it marks the beginning of an efficient campaign against this move from Google.
I was indeed thinking this looks awfully similar to some things we've seen in the past... It needs to be fought as well.
More details and analysis about the events unfolding around the Google "Web Environment Integrity" proposal. This still doesn't bode well. Whatever they claim it seems clear it's about getting rid of ad-blockers.
This is a welcome consequence of the CJUE ruling. Be warned, think twice before reaching for Google Analytics.
A reminder of what's going on in France... and it's bleak. Lots of things can turn you into a suspect at this point.
You encrypt your communications or data? You try to avoid surveillance from the GAFAM? You use Tor or a VPN?
If anything bad happens around you, then you'll turn into a suspect, this is due to the "clandestine behavior" you entertain... so for sure you are part of some "conspiracy".
This is very worrying.
Things improved a bit... they also got worse in a way. This stays an ongoing fight for the years to come.
This is an excellent and needed work of contextualization. Ten years after, looking back at how the Snowden Revelations impacted the internet and the work done by the IETF. It also shows there is plenty more to do...
It's clearly way too reliable. This needs explicit hardening.
This browser is really an horrible data harvesting platform for Microsoft's benefit. They never learn...
A few months old but a good piece to put things in perspective after the recent craze around large language models in general and GPT in particular. Noteworthy is the "wishful mnemonics" phrase mentioned and how it impacts the debate. Let's have less talks about AIs and more about SALAMIs please?
The most addictive and also tracking you everywhere it can (unsurprisingly). Toxicity at its highest.
We all know you shouldn't use Google Analytics. Now we also know that if you're in Europe and you're using it, it's probably illegal.
As if we still need people to be convinced... apparently we do. So just in case we need a well built argument about it, this post does it.
The obvious problem with VS Code, you just cannot have any trust into it.
The "Apple is better at privacy" argument was looking really like a fallacy to me. And indeed, it's getting clearer that it was greatly exaggerated...
Very interesting and insightful point of view... I think this hits the nail on the head: "we talk about conspiracy theories in order to avoid talking about conspiracy practices, which are often too daunting, too threatening, too total".
Seeing the bad practices of Amazon with its Android AppStore, it really feels like another supply chain mess in the making with Windows 11 Android support...
If you still wonder how ads work on the web and on mobile, this thread summarizes it well. They just farm us.
Google came with another crap idea and not everyone has to adjust their web servers...