janbporterb

4 ms·

1. 1.▲
   by janbporterb 7y ago

   Also note there is a “roulette” feature in most address bars, where the browser starts loading and rendering the site before you ever hit submit. Very handy for sites wanting to pursue persistence
2. 2.▲
   by janbporterb 7y ago

   Ah I was wrong about this!!! SafeBrowse uses hashes. Edit: never be afraid to admit your were wrong folks :) So it only gets a “potential list” of sites you visited. Wonder if the operators could aggregate the data enough to deanonymize th
3. 3.▲
   by janbporterb 7y ago

   I am all for bashing bad privacy options, but from the linked tweet at least, this IS off by default. I can certainly see enterprise scenarios where this feature is very useful for security reasons. Did I miss some context? Edit: oh, this i
4. 4.▲
   by janbporterb 7y ago

   you missed the obvious one (that is actually related to the linked edge issue): SafeBrowse. SafeBrowse gets ALL your traffic from most browsers.
5. 5.▲
   by janbporterb 7y ago

   I agree with this, but do not think it contradicts the parent. Apple has reasonably set themselves in a position where if they were caught violating privacy in any of the ways that [ad company] is incentivized to do, they would lose a ton o