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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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Best Practice for Storing Election Votes in a Database

Is there a good way to store de-identified voting data related to an election, while still ensuring people can't cast multiple votes? What is the best practices for storing this kind of data, particularly over longer periods of time? Some more…
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Shuffling as anonymization technique for public data

Shuffling has been approved as a data de-identifcation technique by the EU Protection Board in Opinion on Anonymisation Techniques, 05/2014”. However, there has been very little discussion of appropriate use cases and risks. Talend, Informatica,…
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In what way localStorage is better than cookies from the privacy point of view?

If you don't use third-party cookies or they are blocked in browser's settings. And if your cookies have SameSite=Strict attribute. How their behavior differ from localStorage? If your site use localStorage it still can save some user_id in there…
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Is it a good idea to use github for private projects?

I have a doubt... suppose a company one day decides to save all the code of their project on github, even if it is a private repository don't you risk sharing sensitive information that could compromise the entire project? (I am still referring to a…
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privay policy for biometric authentication, etc

I'm writing a personal financial app on iOS. It doesn't ask for any permission except Face ID usage (it uses Face/Touch ID to authenticate user). The financial data user input in the app never leaves user's device (the current version of the app…
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What is the risk of data capture/leak from web extensions when we run this tool on webpage?

What is the risk of data capture/leak from web extensions when we run accessibility insights for web tool on webpage?
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PKCS#5 Salt privacy?

In the official documentation of the PKCS5 V2.0 standard, we can read "The salt can be viewed as an index into a large set of keys derived from the password, and need not be kept secret." The part "need not be kept secret" is interesting. Since…
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office 365 email privacy after having left job

I was terminated from my current job few days ago. I am a EU citizen, Finnish to be precise. Could some one tell me if there is something I can do or Microsoft office 365 does to keep my mailbox at my ex job private? Can my employer reset my…
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Database anonymization : Using additive noise

I want to do an experiment involving the use of additive noise for protecting a database from inference attacks. My database should begin by generating a specific list of values that have a mean of 25, Then I will anonymize these values by adding a…
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Hidden Google Sheets startup scripts?

I have a Google Sheet which is becoming unresponsive on startup for 2-3 minutes. I have disabled all formulas and scripts and the freezing actually starts AFTER the "calculating formulas" loading bar (top-right) finishes. Is it possible that…
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How do I encrypt Video Files in Amazon S3 Storage for Video Streaming?

Possible Doing While Netflix uses Amazon S3 for Video Streaming, they tend to use encrypted video files and stream it as it is. How we can encrypt video files so it is secured against video piracy and others. What I want to achieve Most of the…
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How to create a custom Allure step function for sensible data

I am currently working on a Testing Automation team, using Python and Allure to make reports of all the test cases that we run. Sometimes we deal with sensible data (e.g: passwords) that I can't show on the reports. If I use a function with a step…
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Is it possible to see what user activity an Android app is monitoring / tracking and what data it's sending back to it's servers about the user?

I would like to check the user activity an app is tracking. The Audible app specifically. e.g. does it log every tap? Does it log how long each session is etc. Thank you.
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How to Set Which Server Google Vision Sends its API calls to?

Our client does not let information be sent offshore. This isn't a discussion as to whether this is good policy or not. I am wondering if there's any way to set the server that you send Google Vision's API calls to. In the same way you can select…
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How to send data to another page without using cookies or JS in PHP?

So, I have a PHP file that runs an SQL(MySql) query and gets the result. I need that page to send that result to another page automatically(I can use PHP in the receiving page). However, I want to make my website accessible to privacy-sensitive…
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