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#466 2018-10-11 02:29:15
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
Destry wrote #314509:
As I’ve made clear for myself before, I’m specifically pulling for the GDPR to impact the ad-tech tracking industry. The less ad-tracking the better.
There is definitely a reduced number of trackers.
The tech giant purged its ecosystem of third-party tracking, making it harder for advertisers to independently verify their ads were delivered. Instead, advertisers have a Google-controlled measurement system that improves privacy protections, but puts their ads behind a walled garden. It’s a “major concern” for clients, said James Duffy, head of digital at Total Media. Some advertisers see no other choice but to buy into Google’s entire stack and use its tracking data to understand their audience. “It’s not just programmatic spend that has changed over the last month,” a media buyer at programmatic agency said. – Google’s share of money going into supply-side and demand-side platforms has grown over the same period.
In fact we could do with more independent news upstarts that don’t pander to Google.
Hopefully, that works out. If not…
Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. He is paying Meredith $190 million in cash for Time magazine. The Time deal was announced on Sunday night. Benioff and his wife Lynne say it is a family investment, unrelated to Salesforce. They are calling themselves “caretakers,” saying “we are honored to be the caretakers of one of the world’s most important media companies and iconic brands.” – Marc Benioff is the latest tech billionaire to buy a news outlet
I guess we will still have news.
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#467 2018-11-06 09:13:21
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
Of interest and great for a laugh.
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#468 2018-11-06 10:04:42
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
Brilliant! Sharing… before it gets filtered :)
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#469 2018-12-19 18:06:48
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
jakob wrote #312948:
I have a bunch of extensions for useful tools (Dropmark, AdBlock, 1Password, Bettersource, WhatFont) and I have a range of user CSS settings (in fact more now to remove the more obnoxious yes-only consent boxes as Yiannis has mentioned).
phiw13 wrote #312945:
You do know that this type of extension is on life support in Safari? Safari.next (v11), at least as running on macOS 10.14 will disable those extensions (but probably also on 10.13.x).
Gradually some safari app extensions are coming out that are compatible with Safari 12 and replace my older removed/deprecated extensions, so I thought I’d share them for whoever’s interested:
- AdBlock has been updated but I’ve removed it in favour of Better Blocker – not free but very affordable at 1 US$. Not very configurable but quite effective.
- Sourceviewer for viewing page source before it gets modified by javascript etc. (source code). Not technically a new app extension but installed without incident on Safari 12.
- Cascadea for adding user CSS to pages as required. Comes with an CSS editor app and apparently works with UserCSS/stylish styles. Not free but also affordable at 2.99 USD.
All this is Safari Mac only. Do you have any other tips?
EDIT: @Destry: the last one might help you style mastodon how you want it.
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#470 2018-12-19 23:06:02
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
jakob wrote #315633:
Gradually some safari app extensions are coming out that are compatible with Safari 12 and replace my older removed/deprecated extensions, so I thought I’d share them for whoever’s interested:
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Nice find about Cascadea. Thank you for that. Better Blocker is pretty good at what it does, we use it on my wife’s MBP13.
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#471 2018-12-19 23:38:49
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
Wonder why they would cripple 1password
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#472 2018-12-20 05:37:25
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
bici wrote #315635:
Wonder why they would cripple 1password
What makes you think ‘they’ (who?) crippled 1password? If anything, 1Password has happily embraced the app store. And they make use of the latest password generation available on macOS10.14 (at least for Safari). I don’t use it myself, though. Apples iCloud Keychain is sufficient for my needs.
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#473 2018-12-20 05:44:13
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
phiw13 wrote #312945:
You do know that this type of extension is on life support in Safari? Safari.next (v11), at least as running on macOS 10.14 will disable those extensions (but probably also on 10.13.x).
1passwoed was in his list
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#474 2018-12-20 10:30:08
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
1password works fine in the meantime. As Philippe noted, it uses the new method and you no longer have to install the browser extension separately as you did before (and like you do for other browsers).
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#475 2018-12-22 01:06:13
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
jakob wrote #315638:
1password works fine in the meantime. As Philippe noted, it uses the new method and you no longer have to install the browser extension separately as you did before (and like you do for other browsers).
thanks for the clarification and good news.
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#476 2019-01-21 23:17:08
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First larger fine under the GDPR against Google, by the French regulating authority: 50 million €.
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#477 2019-01-21 23:23:11
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
phiw13 wrote #316216:
First larger fine under the GDPR against Google, by the French regulating authority: 50 million €.
C00L! W00T!
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#478 2019-01-22 08:50:49
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Nice! Next stop Facebook.
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#479 2019-01-22 23:12:29
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
phiw13 wrote #316216:
First larger fine under the GDPR against Google, by the French regulating authority: 50 million €. www.bbc.com/news/technology-46944696
Last night I was perusing the new Elder Scrolls trailer on YT (they make some nice ones) and Goog throw up a notice in my face that all of my legal privacy handling with them would now be orchestrated through Google Ireland. I wonder if that’s not related somehow. Not sure why it would be Ireland, exactly, but I think that is their overseas tax haven, via the Double Irish Arrangement.
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#480 2019-01-22 23:21:45
Re: Txp cookies, visitor logging, and GDPR stuff in general
Destry wrote #316229:
[…] a notice in my face that all of my legal privacy handling with them would now be orchestrated through Google Ireland. I wonder if that’s not related somehow. Not sure why it would be Ireland, exactly, but I think that is their overseas tax haven, via the Double Irish Arrangement.
Yes the Gogle EU headquarter is located in Dublin, and they are responsible for all legal “issues”. Same for Facebook, Apple, and few more. Amazon is still in Luxembourg.
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