I can think of a way to somewhat restore people's privacy but I don't think it will happen, and it certainly won't happen voluntarily. Pass a law that you own your own information that is about you. A company wants to pay you to use it, fine. But you know the terms and how the information is going to be used, and you can withdraw that permission if they violate the agreement or whenever the contract runs out. And no lifetime contracts. A law like that won't happen because too many businesses depend on access and they won't give it up.
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Safari Browser in iOS 12 and macOS Mojave to Feature Enhanced Privacy Tools
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I can think of a way to somewhat restore people's privacy but I don't think it will happen, and it certainly won't happen voluntarily. Pass a law that you own your own information that is about you. A company wants to pay you to use it, fine. But you know the terms and how the information is going to be used, and you can withdraw that permission if they violate the agreement or whenever the contract runs out. And no lifetime contracts. A law like that won't happen because too many businesses depend on access and they won't give it up.
On a semi-related note, it appears that many of the old content blocker extensions are no longer working, like Adblock and Ghostery. Safari in 10.14 automatically disables them as they are deemed unsafe (it blocks the installation even if you try to download directly from Adblock's site) and has you go to the new App Store and download other presumably safe extensions.
Which would be fine, except none of the new extensions work to block ads and tracking, including 1Blocker, Ka-Block, and Magic Lasso. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling all extensions and rebooted the system but does not work - shows all the ads on all sites. Seems to be a glaring bug in this first beta version.
Which would be fine, except none of the new extensions work to block ads and tracking, including 1Blocker, Ka-Block, and Magic Lasso. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling all extensions and rebooted the system but does not work - shows all the ads on all sites. Seems to be a glaring bug in this first beta version.
Ka-Block is a good extension but stoped to upgrade itself in macOS Safari 11.1.1. Mailed info to developer - without reply. Dropped?
I used Ghostery for a while. I've been using a Duck Duck Go Privacy/Tracker blocking plugin at the moment. There are a lot of options and without being a security expert can be a bit tough to compare.
Really a great move on Apple's part here. Privacy is their killer feature that virtually nobody else can walk with them on (cause it'll reduce the competitions' surveillance profits).
1st time in a very long time where I'm really looking forward to using a new version of Safari.
1st time in a very long time where I'm really looking forward to using a new version of Safari.
Brave is just amazing:
- Completely open-source browser with built in ad/tracker/fingerprinting blocking so that only the website elements that will be shown take up bandwidth/cpu, whereas an ad-blocker extension cleans up the visual presentation of a site but occupies even more CPU/bandwidth then without
- Allows users to automatically (and customize-ably) contribute to the sites they use the most through "Brave Payments", so you can block ads while still supporting people; also works for contributions to individual content creators on sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Medium, etc.
- Allows for "Brave Ads" which verifies the ad comes from an acceptable source, runs acceptable code, and conforms to visual standards (i.e. no popup ads, no full-screen ads, no audio/video ads, no flashy ads that detract from the viewing experience)
- [edit: now available as beta feature in, at least, macOS version] Private can be set to go through the Tor network, so private tabs are private to EVERYONE, not just other users on the same machine.
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