Privacy and Tracking
A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon an interesting article on TechDirt about how many websites have started to wall themselves off from the open internet in order to prevent AI bots from scraping their content. I have thoughts about it.
It seems like every browser is currently jumping on the band wagon and trying to “enhance” the browsing experience with AI. Vivaldi isn’t and that’s refreshing.
Good news for Apple users who care about privacy and use Safari! Advanced Fingerprinting Protection is now on by default.
It would appear that the privacy laws in the EU continue to pay off.
Mozilla has recently had a lot of blowback about several recent changes they’ve made to Firefox. There was a reaction recently from a member of the Thunderbird team.
Turns out most websites use dark patterns to manipulate their users to perform actions they wouldn’t otherwise do.
Ad and tracking blockers have been around for several years, but ever since Apple introduced the ability to install them on iOS devices with the introduction of iOS 9, they have made the mainstream news.
