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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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Automatically shot photo with integrated camera

i wonder if it is possible to implement an A) standalone application or B) web-based application/website for computers (PC & MAC) that does automatically shoot a photo with an attached camera (or integrated camera) in the background, without user…
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How do I make a web app that also works locally?

I'm thinking of building a web app that helps people analyse their investments. Users would upload their mutual fund statement, and the tool would analyse it and give them some conclusions. Since investment data is sensitive, some users would be…
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Remove a not owned URL or permalink from Google search results

I would like to remove an old search result from Google searches which I am not the owner. When the content no longer exists or has been changed, Google offers the removal tool, but I don't know how to do it when it's the permalink what has been…
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Is it possible to retrieve data saved in a php session? (Security issue)

In order to respect the users' privacy, I need to encrypt each user's information with a key that only they themselves know it. Server and anyone who can access the server or database are not supposed to be trusted So, I am going to use each user's…
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How to require a login every time the app appears

In order to (at least partially) secure the data displayed in my app, I want to require users to login every time they view the app. I have a similar app called Keeper that requires login when the app first opens and when the user brings the app…
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WordPress: redirect to loginpage for certain post caetgories if user is not logged in

So I'm making a WP-site with some posts that should be only visible, I want to make this automatic (so user doesn't have to set to private each time for each post) and thought that a function would be neatest. So I want to redirect all visitors that…
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manage file privacy with php

I'm working on WIN on IIS. l'd like to manage some files (image/video) that can be uploaded and viewed only by users who have the permissions I read (correct me if is wrong) that storing large files in a mysql db is inadvisable so I decided to…
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Google Analytics: How to anonymize GA tracking so that 'Region' is not known but 'Country' is still known?

Because of data privacy regulations (in Europe) we must not be able to locate an individual customer fro GA data. Our application (which implements GA) is only used by a specific industry sector. Because of this in a given Region there may only be…
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Reading encrypted blob file from database without storing it

I want to store pdf, word, excel (...) files into the sqlite Database as BLOB data and then, retrieve it to be open using a third party application. Because those files are confidential, I don't want them to be stored in the phone while reading…
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How to exclude files within my project from our release build?

We have a project where we parse users calendars for important phone numbers and access codes. To test our parser we have real user calendars inside our test folder to parse and compare with an array of hard-coded correct results. For legal and…
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whois domain privacy is enabled but private info still shows in google search results

I enabled domain privacy two months ago, but when I do a google search like this: "myname" mywebsite.com , I find a search result link like this: mywebsite.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info... whois.domaintools.com/mywebsite.com Admin: myname Owner:…
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swift idForVendor, advertisingIdentifier

Is it possible to get and send advertisingIdentifier and/or idForVendor when some action takes place? For example user push button, and I write something like: let advertisingIdentifier: NSUUID! @IBAction func buttonPressed(sender: AnyObject) { …
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Can a wireshark capture include metadata advising users of the terms of its use?

We have a group of users who need to see the payloads of packets in wireshark captures. I'm looking for a way to remind them users that the data contained within may not represent the exact frames on the wire (because the capture will have been…
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Privacy of member variables within the methods of other member variables

Do the methods of a member variable have access to other private member variables within the same class? I have in mind a functor member variable. Can a pointer to a private member variable be dereferenced and assigned to, outside of the class? …
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How to remove PII from Logs in WCF (svclog)?

This is directly related to the question Personally Identifiable Information (PII), Traces, and MessageLogging. I've tried the solution in the answer but here are the problems I found. It doesn't remove the PII (Personal Identifiable Information)…
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