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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    1. Doc Searls‏ @dsearls May 26

      Doc Searls Retweeted Marcel Freinbichler

      Great stuff. It's essential to keep exposing how #tracking-based #adtech fails. Bonus link: http://blogs.harvard.edu/doc/the-adblock-war/ … HTs @VRM @CustomerCommons @dmarti @AdContrarian @acfou @WhiteOps @jason_kint @profcarroll @JLINCLabs @aral @vinay @benwerd @shoshanazuboff @indiewebcamp @DCNorghttps://twitter.com/fr3ino/status/1000166112615714816 …

      Doc Searls added,

      Marcel Freinbichler @fr3ino
      Because of #GDPR, USA Today decided to run a separate version of their website for EU users, which has all the tracking scripts and ads removed. The site seemed very fast, so I did a performance audit. How fast the internet could be without all the junk! 🙄 5.2MB → 500KB pic.twitter.com/xwSqqsQR3s
      Show this thread
      3 replies 24 retweets 47 likes
    2. PrivacyCoach‏ @PrivacyCoachPro May 26
      Replying to @dsearls @DCNorg and

      Until every publisher builds a thin page, everyone should install a tracker blocking extension which removes much of the bloat from most pages you visit. Faster load times. @DuckDuckGo is simplest but @disconnectme @Ghostery @PrivacyBadger all good choices.

      4 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
    3. Don Marti‏ @dmarti May 26
      Replying to @PrivacyCoachPro @dsearls and

      Good point. Blocking tracking scripts accounts for most of the 2.4x speed advantage for #Firefox Private Browsing compared to Google Chrome's Incognito Mode.https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/11/20/firefox-private-browsing-vs-chrome-incognito/ …

      1 reply 6 retweets 10 likes
    4. #DestroyTheAadhaar #BanDigitalElections #DefeatCIA‏ @Stupidosaur Jun 1
      Replying to @dmarti @sunil_abraham and

      #DestroyTheAadhaar #BanDigitalElections #DefeatCIA Retweeted Don Marti

      Just block all Javascript by default. Unless they have advanced HTML5 coders on board, it will stop all clutter at once : Ads, trackers, malware. A good website should be able to decently present text, image, audio, video without Javascript.https://twitter.com/dmarti/status/1000372780662116353 …

      #DestroyTheAadhaar #BanDigitalElections #DefeatCIA added,

      Don Marti @dmarti
      Replying to @PrivacyCoachPro @dsearls and 18 others
      Good point. Blocking tracking scripts accounts for most of the 2.4x speed advantage for #Firefox Private Browsing compared to Google Chrome's Incognito Mode. https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2017/11/20/firefox-private-browsing-vs-chrome-incognito/ …
      1 reply 2 retweets 0 likes
      Aral Balkan‏ @aral Jun 1
      Replying to @Stupidosaur @dmarti and

      Heck, let’s get rid of HTML too. Ain’t nothing that needs saying that we can’t say in plain ol’ ASCII amirite? ;) (There’s nothing wrong with JavaScript, it’s the business models that are wrong. A few Stallmanesque folks browsing the web with Lynx isn’t going to solve this.)

      3:32 AM - 1 Jun 2018
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        2. Don Marti‏ @dmarti Jun 1
          Replying to @aral @Stupidosaur and

          Don Marti Retweeted Ehsan Akhgari

          Selectively blocking JS is a decent workaround for now, for users who are willing to nerd out ( https://blog.zgp.org/time-saving-tip-for-firefox-57/ … ) but the browser needs to be better at blocking/sandboxing crypto-miners, trackers, "growth hacking", other crap. Work in progress:https://twitter.com/ehsanakhgari/status/972224912634064896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw …

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          Ehsan Akhgari @ehsanakhgari
          Are you tired of seeing in-page popups like this? We're experimenting with a popup blocker to dismiss them automatically, and we're curating a dataset for it. If you know of a site that shows these kinds of popups, help us by submitting it here: https://goo.gl/forms/ubVeA8uBvS1US96i1 … pic.twitter.com/qmdUAjhFWe
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        3. #DestroyTheAadhaar #BanDigitalElections #DefeatCIA‏ @Stupidosaur Jun 1
          Replying to @dmarti @aral and

          #DestroyTheAadhaar #BanDigitalElections #DefeatCIA Retweeted Aral Balkan

          Well the 'good old' HTML & CSS were only for displaying things and hence low risk while Javascript could write complex maths and logic and access file systems. Most of the trackers, malware & ad delivery is Javascript. So shutting off JS=far safer browsinghttps://twitter.com/aral/status/1002498136479236097 …

          #DestroyTheAadhaar #BanDigitalElections #DefeatCIA added,

          Aral Balkan @aral
          Replying to @Stupidosaur @dmarti and 20 others
          Heck, let’s get rid of HTML too. Ain’t nothing that needs saying that we can’t say in plain ol’ ASCII amirite? ;) (There’s nothing wrong with JavaScript, it’s the business models that are wrong. A few Stallmanesque folks browsing the web with Lynx isn’t going to solve this.)
          1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes
        4. #DestroyTheAadhaar #BanDigitalElections #DefeatCIA‏ @Stupidosaur Jun 1
          Replying to @Stupidosaur @dmarti and

          Another downside of JS is it often comes from 3rd parties so your websites break if those servers are not available. So when making website, it's better not to use Javascript as far as possible. Keep it simple. Speeds up the website, gives general SEO & mobile search advantage.

          2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
        5. Ben Werdmuller‏Verified account @benwerd Jun 1
          Replying to @Stupidosaur @dmarti and

          Is that really realistic in 2018? Perhaps from a pure content perspective (and Google's approach with AMP largely supports that view) - but if you're trying to create a richer experience, JS is part of the toolbox. Perhaps, though, there could be strict timeouts and size limits.

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        6. Jason Kint‏Verified account @jason_kint Jun 1
          Replying to @benwerd @Stupidosaur and

          + @BrendanEich

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        7. Independent Ad Fraud Researcher‏ @acfou Jun 1
          Replying to @jason_kint @benwerd and

          Blocking ads and tracking JS on bad sites but NOT on good publishers is the ultimate solution. I have the prototype tech already.

          2 replies 1 retweet 4 likes
        8. Ben Werdmuller‏Verified account @benwerd Jun 1
          Replying to @acfou @jason_kint and

          Is that a whitelist or blacklist, or something else? Something I'm sure you've considered but I hope is solved for is the ability for new publishers to compete and make money. Entrenching existing known entities at the expense of allowing for new voices would be a mistake.

          1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
        9. Jason Kint‏Verified account @jason_kint Jun 1
          Replying to @benwerd @acfou and

          agree strongly. it's the issue with many of these problems. reputation and trust for brands and experiences is built over time, consistent experiences, direct relationships but we absolutely cannot constrain innovation, newcomers and independent voices.

          2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
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