Sephr

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by Sephr 5y ago
Using simulated slow machines via browser DevTools and Lighthouse.
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> It would be nice to see this post describe whether and how they audited what information is collected and why. We try to push reasonable defaults where possible, and our optional telemetry only consists of encountered hostnames which s
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by Sephr 5y ago
Private local storage is likely not a 'similar technology' in the legal sense that the legislatures were referring to. IANAL & TINLA Cookies are shared over the network by default. Local storage is not shared over the network
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Currently we use your browser's language and time zone settings to derive applicable legal regimes such as GDPR, CPRA, and LGPD. This method even supports the nuance of detecting a EU-likely user vacationing in California, affording th
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by Sephr 5y ago
I completely get where you're coming from. I'd personally never consent to tracking either without adequate incentives. This new consent manager makes it easier for site owners to offer incentives to consent (e.g. share your user
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by Sephr 5y ago
We've benchmarked this framework on very heavy interactive video and content creation webapps with minimal overhead. When a user is opted out of tracking, we can actually observe negative overhead due to performance gains from blocki
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Note that our consent manager integrates with and respects GPC signals.
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by Sephr 5y ago
> perhaps an option for a preview of the data being transmitted for full clarity That's on our roadmap. > It's vulnerable to implementation changes in the browser network traffic API, though, because the "firewall"
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by Sephr 5y ago
Hi, I'm Eli, the lead engineer behind this project. We're on a mission to put an end to cookie banners so we built a new kind of consent manager at Transcend to achieve this goal. In this post, you can read about the process that
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Defeating Cookie Banners(transcend.io)
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Engineering a consent sandbox to eliminate annoying pop-ups and dark patterns(transcend.io)
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by Sephr 5y ago
Apparently Japan withdrew funding from the company developing this[1]. Hopefully another company can pick this up eventually to see if its worth using. iirc the fraud was financial and the tech was legit, but please correct me if I'm w
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by Sephr 5y ago
You can also stack SRAM bumplessly using the wireless ThruChip Interface: https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/thruchip_interface
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by Sephr 5y ago
Other than the built-in thread pool task scheduler, how does this differ from Comlink [1]? 1. https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/comlink
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How much RAM do you have installed? That can significantly affect your boot time.
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> if Signal downloaded Cellebrite-pwning shellcode to its app The transmission in this legal context is the other way imo. Cellebrite's device is transmitting Signal data out, and Signal is not intentionally sending data to these de
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Quite the 'aesthetically pleasing' side-effect for sure.
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by Sephr 5y ago
Your proposal seems very reminiscent of the generator-based JavaScript async library I created back in 2010: https://eligrey.com/blog/pausing-javascript-with-async-js/
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by Sephr 5y ago
Interest-based and cohort-based targeting is anti-privacy. Sites can make do with contextually targeted ads only.
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iirc this was originally owned by Google and then given to DDG.
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Note that this video was originally taken down for the same supposed ToS violation: https://twitter.com/vanhoefm/status/927612810984677376
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by Sephr 6y ago
I wouldn't entirely agree. It doesn't change often enough, leading to easy fingerprinting scenarios[1]. 1. https://github.com/WICG/floc/issues/4
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by Sephr 6y ago
> The Firefox version of uBO use LZ4 compression by default to store raw filter lists, compiled list data, and memory snapshots to disk storage. This doesn't explain why the Chrome version doesn't use LZ4 or better by default.
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by Sephr 6y ago
As disappointing as the perf is for server workloads, what I'm really interested in is SLI gaming performance. I can imagine that this would be a boon for high end gaming with multiple x16 PCIe 4.0 slots and 8 DDR4 channels. SLI really
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by Sephr 6y ago
Does this mean that frameworks like WINE are now illegal if Microsoft so desires? How about special-cased ad blocker integrations that stub ad vendor APIs? I feel like that would also run afoul of these increased copyright protections.
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You'll never get a full brain scan with fMRIs. For real detail, you'll need a planetary-scale XFEL with a human head-sized reticule and be okay with your irl head being vaporized. Optimized models for simulating your brain accurat
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by Sephr 6y ago
We're looking to invert this equation at Transcend. All client side network emissions can be regulated in accordance with tracking consent following a block/quarantine-by-default model. This means that any network emissions you ad
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I answered that question in the comment that you are replying to.
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> Why do you think you need my core count when that number is useless for any sort of performance indication? You're clearly being disingenuous, but I will answer your question in more detail. I already answered it above, but you do
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by Sephr 6y ago
> How is client core count contributing to this in any way? I maintain an open source encryption/decryption library[1] for E2EE privacy request fulfillment at my current employer. We use navigator.hardwareConcurrency to distribute d

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