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Why Privacy Matters

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Re: Why Privacy Matters

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... published on a site that accesses 7 different top-level domains. And that's even before allowing any javascript to run. Oh the ironing.

Ironing?

Are we going to see the same comment on every article about privacy?

Re: Why Privacy Matters

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post #2

... published on a site that accesses 7 different top-level domains. And that's even before allowing any javascript to run. Oh the ironing.

Yes, that's something I'd love to do differently. The problem is I don't have the technical skills to build that website myself. As I said in the cookie banner, I disabled all the trackers I could. Unfortunately, Squarespace doesn't let its customers disable all of them, which is extremely annoying.

Re: Why Privacy Matters

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... published on a site that accesses 7 different top-level domains. And that's even before allowing any javascript to run. Oh the ironing.

uBlock says 9 domains, and the article starts with a "trigger warning". Hard pass.

Re: Why Privacy Matters

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post #5
post #2

... published on a site that accesses 7 different top-level domains. And that's even before allowing any javascript to run. Oh the ironing.

Yes, that's something I'd love to do differently. The problem is I don't have the technical skills to build that website myself. As I said in the cookie banner, I disabled all the trackers I could. Unfortunately, Squarespace doesn't let its customers disable all of them, which is extremely annoying.

You may wish to give Wordpress a look. It's infamously easy to install, and will happily run on a $5/month digitalocean VM. Installing a caching addon (one or two clicks from the store) will make a site that can survive being linked to directly on HN.

Last I knew Squarespace had an export option, so you might be able to just bring all your content over without much hassle.

Re: Why Privacy Matters

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post #5
post #2

... published on a site that accesses 7 different top-level domains. And that's even before allowing any javascript to run. Oh the ironing.

Yes, that's something I'd love to do differently. The problem is I don't have the technical skills to build that website myself. As I said in the cookie banner, I disabled all the trackers I could. Unfortunately, Squarespace doesn't let its customers disable all of them, which is extremely annoying.

Then you don't. Like you don't build a car yourself.

Re: Why Privacy Matters

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post #4
post #2

... published on a site that accesses 7 different top-level domains. And that's even before allowing any javascript to run. Oh the ironing.

Ironing? Are we going to see the same comment on every article about privacy?

If you are writing about the importance of privacy, you might consider what you are doing about it yourself if you want to be taken seriously.

It is 2020, setting up a website that doesn't send off the data of your trusting visitors to third parties should be totally standard. Yet not even people advocating for privacy can get this done.

BTW. one benefit of not collecting and tracking is that you won't have to show that silly cookie banner.

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