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| Jan 22, 2019 | » | Tracking and Data Collection
4 min; updated Feb 12, 2023
Tracking on the Internet Screenshot from a [2012 study of third-party online tracking](#mayerMitchellThirdPartyWebTracking). The red boxes show content (at least the visible ones) served by third parties. When the browser requests a third-party resource embedded on a web page, the snippet below is a subset of the HTTP headers sent by the browser to the third party. GET http://youtube.com/watch?v=gHStnhGx1P Cookie: id=35c192bcfe0000b1... Referer: http://www.nytimes.com/ The combination of the cookie and the referrer makes third-party tracking possible.... |
| Feb 14, 2020 | » | Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging To the Masses [Andy Greenberg]
3 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging To the Masses. Andy Greenberg. www.wired.com . it.slashdot.org . news.ycombinator.com . Feb 14, 2020. Attracting the Masses Brian Acton (WhatsApp cofounder) injected $50m into the Signal Foundation, allowing them to grow from 3 to 50 full-timers. You’d think that at Signal’s dominance, getting $$$ shouldn’t be a problem. But VCs expect a multiple return and Signal doesn’t look like it will monetize soon.... |