As I watch with great interest in what can only be called the ‘Shenanigans’, taking place at the W3C Tracking Protection Working Group, my mind is drawn to Wikipedia’s description of the Fool (link) In various tarot card games he has a unique role – (and I quote)… ‘In these games, the Fool is sometimes […]
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Privacy and the Human in the Loop
When considering any system sometimes we forget that there’s a ‘Human in the Loop’. I’ve just finished reading a great white paper by Lori Cranor (A Framework for Reasoning About the Human in the Loop), and whilst this paper talks about security, it’s kissing cousin is Privacy. So a lot of the ideas presented here […]
Why Johnny Can’t Opt Out
In light of all the ‘discussions’ over at the Tracking Protection Working Group regarding the advertising industry claims that their polices ‘really do work’ I thought it might be a good idea to search for some more empirical data by a respected university. And as luck would have it I found this: Why Johnny Can’t […]
Re-Envisioning In-Browser Privacy
I’ve been planning on writing about an alternative approach to In-Browser Privacy. Obviously we’re very much in favor of a better solution than the current Do Not Track standard that’s being offered, and to that end we set out over 6 years ago now to build a fully standards based solution that seamlessly integrates into […]
DNT and the Tracking Protection Working Group – Did they “Just Jump the Shark”?
If you have a spare hour or so and a large bucket of popcorn, you might want to head over to the Tracking Protection Working Group Public Mailing list forum – link You don’t have to read all of the emails – it’s way to confusing, however spend some time in Octobers list to get […]