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For questions related to privacy (user permissions / security techniques, internet tracking system such as Cookies, Web bugs etc.)

For questions related to privacy (user permissions / security techniques, internet tracking system such as Cookies, Web bugs etc.)

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Block all EU visitors due to GDPR

GDPR imposes million-dollar fines for who-knows-what infractions, which is insane. Is there a simple no-cost solution in PHP to dealing with it for my personal website? I don't need to track people but I'd like to at least have some idea who's…
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Django set privacy options per model field

I have gone through the question, best way to implement privacy on each field in model django and Its answers doesn't seem solve my problem so I am asking some what related question here, well, I have a User model. I want the user to make possible…
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Privacy Policy for the app on Google Play that doesn't collect any user data

I want to publish a simple app that doesn't collect any personal data. It is an offline game (noughts and crosses), that doesn't require any account, and stores only field state on the user's device. I don't have any server and don't transfer the…
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Hiding personal info from WhoIs

Is there a way to hide it? WhoIs Info for stackoverflow.com Registrant: Jeff Atwood 410 Clayton Ave El Cerrito, California 94530, United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: STACKOVERFLOW.COM Created on:…
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Privacy Policy for Apps that do not collect datas

I am currently in the process of bringing an app to the iOS app store. It's just a small app I made in my free time. It is workout-related, so the app requires access to location and health data from the user. The data, however, is only stored on…
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Youtube API get unlisted videos

for a project i have to list all videos from a youtube user account. I'm getting all public videos, but when i make an api call after oauth i still get only public videos. Unlisted videos are videos that are hidden from search engine and user public…
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Can HTML5 sessionStorage be written to disk?

(Related to Is there a secure Browser Cache? ): Do any of the implementations of HTML5 session storage write to disk ever? e.g. can I rely on having a "secure"/"private" cache that I know will not be able to persist beyond the browser session…
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Hiding sensitive/confidential information in log files

How would you go about hiding sensitive information from going into log files? Yes, you can consciously choose not to log sensitive bits of information in the first place, but there can be general cases where you blindly log error messages upon…
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Is it ethical to monitor users?

I didn't know I would be getting too many replies so fast. I can provide more details. It is definitely for use within the company. I was looking for some info on whether I should be more careful or anything to watch out for... My boss is asking me…
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How should I fill out the Apple App Privacy in App Store Connect?

I'm about to publish my ios app to the App Store, but I don't know how I should fill out the Apple App Privacy in App Store Connect. I use admob, firebase analytics, firebase crashlytics and firebase authentication in my app. I've found this website…
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Storage access automatically granted for tracker "https://duckduckgo.com"

I hope I didn't miss something somewhere, but I can't get to understand what is exactly happening with what I'm doing. I'm programming a webapp and in my app I open programmatically a new page to search something in duckduckgo. I'm using the…
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mailto in href: should I add rel noopener,noreferrer?

Assuming I have this HTML code: As far as I know, for security and privacy reason, best practices tells I have to add rel="noopener noreferrer" on every link that goes outside. Do I have to…
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How to disable the mongo .dbshell history file

When I run the mongo client, it stores a history of commands in $HOME/.dbshell. I would prefer not to log any commands from Mongo. How do I disable the behavior that writes to the .dbshell file? I don't want to write it to /tmp, I want to avoid…
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How Big a Security Risk are Browser Extensions?

One of the more powerful features of modern day browsers is the ability for software developers to write browser extensions to enhance, modify and tweak the pages visited by the user. As more of our lives migrate onto the browser, aren't we…
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How can an iOS native app like Vimeo set cookies to mobile Safari?

I find Vimeo iOS native app can set cookies to mobile Safari. How does it do? Repo steps: 1, Install Vimeo iOS native app on an iOS device. 2, Open this Vimeo iOS native app and then sign in with your Vimeo account. 3, Open mobile Safari and then…
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