👋​ In our first episode of the year, Tom Eston (@agent0x0) discusses one of the biggest privacy concerns people have today: online tracking by companies and advertisers. Tom will cover the following topics, tips, and new techniques to help you stop being tracked online:

🤔​ Why should we be concerned about online tracking?
👍​How to enable and configure the privacy settings in your web browser
😍​How your smartphone has privacy settings to block online tracking
🔎​Using a privacy focused search engine

Watch on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/EoITB1oZ114

Listen direct from our website:
https://sharedsecurity.net/2023/01/02/how-to-stop-online-tracking-3-new-ways/

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https://sharedsecurity.net/subscribe

#cybersecurity #infosec #privacy #podcast #onlinetracking

Stumbled upon this incredible web comic by @leah that breaks down how Google Chrome slowly turned into the world's most widely used surveillance tool. A must-read for anyone concerned about privacy:

https://contrachrome.com/

#google #chrome #surveillance #privacy #onlinetracking #privacyrights #googlechrome

https://www.reviewgeek.com/140559/duckduckgo-quacks-at-google-over-sign-in-pop-ups/

The short and skinny is that is you use "sign in with Google" on a site, any site, the rest of your privacy settings and choices no longer matter, you've essentially given Google full access to whatever you do on that site. DDG is looking at ways to stop this.

##DDG #DuckDuckGo #Privacy #DigitalPrivacy #OnlinePrivacy #Google #Tracking #OnlineTracking

With Cristiana Santos and Cedric Lauradoux, we are looking for postdocs to work with us on the topics of #onlinetracking #dataaccess #consent #darkpatterns #cookiebanner. We closely collaborate with Data Protection Authorities, such as @CNIL.

📍 Location: Sophia Antipolis 🇫🇷, you can live in Nice or Antibes
🗓️ Starting ASAP, duration: 18 months
👉 Apply here: https://recrutement.inria.fr/public/classic/en/offres/2022-05461

Government agencies, hospitals, over half of all US members of Congress, media publishers, and brands may not be aware that they are sharing terabytes of their visitors’ and audiences' data with Twitter.
https://adalytics.io/blog/websites-sharing-data-with-Twitter
#TwitterPixel #OnlineTracking

Interesting read about website cookies and online tracking. https://www.npr.org/2022/11/18/1137657496/third-party-cookie-data-tracking-internet-user-privacy #onlineprivacy #onlinetracking

"Things I Hate About the Internet: False #AdBlocking Accusations," on how I am often told to disable my #AdBlocker #AdBlock even when I don't use one (I'm not against #OnlineAdvertising, only #OnlineTracking ) https://collectedoverspread.tumblr.com/post/696156790149300224/things-i-hate-about-the-internet-false

Endlich Werbung für die breite Masse. Hoffentlich überlegen sich viele Leute mal was mit ihren Daten so passiert #bigdata #duckduckgo #werbung #onlinetracking

Brave browser to block web fingerprinting with randomisation - Brave is testing a new defence against fingerprinting: confusing algorithms by randomising some of... more: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/03/11/brave-browser-to-block-web-fingerprinting-with-randomisation/ #canvasfingerprinting #fingerprinting #mozillafirefox #onlinetracking #bravebrowser #webbrowsers #advertising #webtracking #tracking #firefox #mozilla #privacy #brave

Facebook knows a lot about your online habits – here’s how to stop it - Facebook's new Off-Facebook Activity feature is part of the company's effort to appear more privac... more: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/01/30/facebook-knows-a-lot-about-your-online-habits-heres-how-to-stop-it/ #offfacebookactivity #privacycontrols #socialnetworks #onlinetracking #sitetracker #socialmedia #facebook #privacy

Lawmakers look to spread COPPA out to cover kids up to 16 - If that bill passes, you can say bye-bye to YouTube, says one content creator. more: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2020/01/13/lawmakers-look-to-spread-coppa-out-to-cover-kids-up-to-16/ #childrensonlineprivacyprotectionact #onlinetracking #locationdata #biometrics #law&order #children #privacy #youtube #google #coppa #gps #pii

Just found out about https://panopticlick.eff.org/ a site which tests your browser's protection against non-consensual Web tracking.
#privacy #onlineTracking