Privacy

13 terms in this category.

The iOS prompt that requires apps to ask permission before tracking you across other apps and sites.

California's data-privacy law giving residents rights over how businesses collect and sell their data.

The pop-up asking permission to set cookies, required in jurisdictions like the EU and UK.

A user-interface choice that tricks people into doing something they didn't intend.

A company that buys, aggregates and resells personal data about individuals.

A protocol that encrypts DNS queries inside HTTPS so they can't be read or modified in transit.

A network of interconnected social platforms (Mastodon, Pixelfed, Bluesky-ATProto) built on open protocols.

The EU regulation that governs how organisations collect, store and process personal data.

The ability to control what information about you is collected, shared and inferred online.

The field in a TLS handshake that reveals which hostname you're visiting — and the effort to encrypt it.

A network that anonymises traffic by bouncing it through three encrypted relays run by volunteers.

A service that encrypts your internet traffic and routes it through a server in another location.

A browser feature that can reveal your real IP address even when you're behind a VPN.