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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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MAC Address - Privacy

I wrote a program which checks for updates on my server, but I want every request to be logged on the server. Therefore I want to see which request belongs to which computer, I want to use the MAC address for this task. Now my question, if my…
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iOS - contacts enable/disable ( privacy setting) changes reflection same as WhatsApp?

I am working on a chat application same as whatsapp. So I need same functionality when user disable/enable contact access (privacy setting) for my app. If the user disable or enable the contact in app setting. How can I be notify in the app. I need…
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E-mail privacy in HTML

How should I solve the e-mail privacy issue on the webpage, so it is not displayed in plain text in HTML code? Malicious bots scrape the web in search of email addresses and plain text email addresses are more likely to be spammed.
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Encrypt video and images in Android 4.1

My Android application saves camera videos and snapshots into the device internal memory in a separated directory (for example /mnt/sdcard/mydir). For privacy reasons I don't want people to be able to export them out of the device. I was thinking…
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Is it possible to make a Remote Desktop connection private from people physically watching the screen?

When I use VNC or RDP to remotely control my office computer, as far as I'm aware, someone standing in front of my computer could be seeing everything I'm doing. Furthermore, if I lose my connection then the computer will still be logged in (i.e.…
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I need a table for user posts (allowed to see only friend, specific persons etc.)

When user post a message, he can select: allowed to see only friend, specific persons etc.. mysql table: Post post_id post_nr user_id privacy option 1 1 2 allowed for friend id1 2 1 2 …
Hoa Hooksonair
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How to add a privacy URL

When making an app, where or how do you get a privacy URL? Same with a terms of use URL?
Trish Jones
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Facebook ignores "Default Activity Privacy" for application

I set my app's Default Activity Privacy to "Everyone", but when showing an auth dialog for installing the app, Facebook ignores this setting and always shows "Friends". I have tried that with several apps and is still the same. A bug regarding this…
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Privacy in simple DB system

I am implementing a simple database system. Basically is a simple social network, everyone has his own dashboard, where you can post some random text. The problem is that I want a privacy level, I mean I want that somebody is allowed to browse only…
Silvio Luchetti
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How can I store data when the app going to terminate in iOS?

We would like to track when the app is terminated by a user so we are using 'applicationWillTerminate' method. sometimes it's working fine but sometimes we can not store data because the app is terminated so is there any other way to track that. We…
Vishal Dobariya
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How do I block TinEye spider?

I know how to block Google image search through robots.txt, is there something similar for TinEye? I do not want my sites being indexed by them.
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What opt in rate can be achieved with Apple’s iOS14 ATT prompt?

As of iOS14 Apple require a permission prompt to use IDFA for advertising. Can anyone who has implemented the App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework already share rough percentages of users who tap Allow vs. Don’t Allow? Some articles have…
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Does an insecure router bypass the privacy guarantee of a VPN connection?

If I have a router that has a vulnerability that allows an attacker to gain full control it, does using a VPN on the network with the said router prevent an attacker from being able to snoop on the connection? In other words, does using a VPN secure…
Kris Zhelyazkov
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Add/Use EasyList type Of URLs Manually With Thunderbird Or Add AdBlock/uBlock-Origin/Alt Addon

How can I add EasyList type of URLs manually into Thunderbird? Or, how can I add AdBlock or uBlock-Origin or Alternative addon into Thunderbird? DETAILS+EXTRA INFO: Thunderbird is primarily an email client, but it can also do many other functions:…
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What is audio fingerprinting? And how to counter it?

What are websites methods of collecting audio fingerprint? Is it by JavaScript or Java applets or flash plugin? How to counter it? Does it work on Android?
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