190: The Privacy of ***********

In this episode, Donn and KG talk about the post Tim Bray recently wrote - Why Google did Android (tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/02/09/Why-And…). They then touch on Chrome becoming a monopoly and tips on what folks can do to be a little more privacy conscious on the web.

Shownotes

• Why Google did Android (tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/02/09/Why-And…)

• KG privacy notes blog.kaush.co/2019/01/21/new-year-2019/#care-a… -> blog.kaush.co/2020/02/04/2020/#care-about-your…

• DuckDuck Bang syntax (duckduckgo.com/bang)

Google Chromium and Ad-blocking

• Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users (9to5google.com/2019/05/29/chrome-ad-blocking-e…)

• Google saying it isn't killing Ad Blockers. Ad Blockers Disagree (wired.com/story/google-chrome-ad-blockers-exte…)

Misc

• New Microsoft Edge is based on Chromium (support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4501095/downl…)

• Download Firefox (mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new)

• Firefox Multi-Account Containers (addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-a…) add-on + Temporary Containers (addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tempora…) for the privacy conscious.

Follow up from a previous episode:

• Svelte : framework that spawned from New York Times (svelte.dev). Thanks Midhun (twitter.com/midhunhk/status/1227055151967502336).

Contact

• @fragmentedcast (twitter.com/fragmentedcast) or our Youtube channel (youtube.com/channel/UC7fT84G-G25w7Bdd-e1rnyw/v…)

• @donnfelker (twitter.com/donnfelker) and instagram.com/donnfelker (on Instagram)

• @kaushikgopal (twitter.com/kaushikgopal) or blog.kaush.co