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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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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral Mar 26

    Aral Balkan Retweeted Aaron Winters

    Up to all of us to have these discussions. The ethical design manifesto can be a good foundation: https://ind.ie/ethical-design  Simply moving away from worshipping these companies is a good first step. There are alternatives (eg. Piwik/non-memorable new name, self-hosted apps, etc.)https://twitter.com/AaronWinters916/status/978349966941933570 …

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    Aaron Winters @AaronWinters916
    Replying to @aral
    I support this in spirit, but I, like many others, have no idea what all needs done to not perpetuate. Sure, dont actively work on/build these platforms, but it runs deeper. A primer on alternatives to analytics, social APIs etc that could be offered in a client context?
    12:19 PM - 26 Mar 2018
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    • Caroline H Lundqvist Aaron Winters Njeri Gakonyo Urban Design Lab Daniel Lommes 🔵 marleenstikker hans verhaegen Daniel Harvey Jeffrey Rogers #mark4leader
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      2. Greg Tyler‏ @gregtyler Mar 26
        Replying to @aral

        "Matomo" is piwik's new name for anyone checking replies.

        2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Mar 26
        Replying to @gregtyler

        Thanks :)

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      4. End of conversation
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      2. Maarten‏ @Maarteuh Mar 26
        Replying to @aral

        @AaronWinters916 also remember to self host fonts from Google fonts

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      3. A. Christoffersen‏ @andreas_io Mar 26
        Replying to @Maarteuh @aral @AaronWinters916

        What do we actually leak? Our ip? But can they even see which page that ip was viewing?

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Maarten‏ @Maarteuh Mar 26
        Replying to @andreas_io @aral @AaronWinters916

        ip but more importantly cookies;https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13897472/how-do-third-party-tracking-cookies-work …

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      5. A. Christoffersen‏ @andreas_io Mar 26
        Replying to @Maarteuh @aral @AaronWinters916

        I found this which argues Google font is okay. No cookies are sent it seems https://webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/60464/are-there-privacy-considerations-in-using-google-web-fonts#60470 … But what i dont know: if site is https, can Google fonts even see which sites users are requesting the font?

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      6. Aral Balkan‏ @aral Mar 26
        Replying to @andreas_io @Maarteuh @AaronWinters916

        Even if Google X is ok today, it may not be in tomorrow’s update. More importantly, loading assets from Google’s domains normalises their practice and even if fonts is ok, the rest of their trackers (analytics, YouTube videos, etc.) aren’t.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. A. Christoffersen‏ @andreas_io Mar 27
        Replying to @aral @Maarteuh @AaronWinters916

        This aligns with my thinking. It's pure laziness using Google fonts. So just don't. But be honest about this. Also: cloudflare is everywhere and yet nobody talks about that problem.

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      1. Daniel Lommes  🔵‏ @lommes Mar 26
        Replying to @aral

        @AaronWinters916 after the last privacy scandal, some nice people started https://prism-break.org/en/  - this is a solid basis when looking for alternatives - perhaps update/expand this?

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