... 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.
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 t…
Yeah that's a great theorical piece of advice. But here's the thing. In 2020 if you don't wanna self-host your website and have a resilient and flexible website, you don't have other options than squarespace/wix and other platforms using cookies.
Sure you do. Those may be the easiest ones, but they are not the only options. There is probably a discoverability problem though. It's not great if the best way to learn about the other options is through HN comments...
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.
I would have a look at GitHub pages, for a static site it's really all you need (blog, right?) I haven't actually used it for anything yet but I have a script that turns LaTeX into nice looking HTML pages, saves messing around with the CSS for hours.
Thanks! I've heard of GitHub pages, and yes I just need a static site. I'd have to look if I can allow newsletter subscription with GitHub pages.
... 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.
I liked your article, why don't you check out Ghost? I can help you spin up a VPS and a Ghost blog if you like in an hour, pro bono of course.
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 like Quick Site ( https://quicksite.stavros.io/ ), which I made for exactly this purpose.
Thank you! I've bookmarked it, I'll look at it with my SO, he's the more technical one :D
With the existence of shadow profiles, is ideal privacy even possible unless you live in a remote area with a tech averse population? What about the census? The data you provide to the gov is also very sensitive and has a history of being abused (see the role of the US Census Bureau in Japanese Internment Camps). However if you don’t provide it, it affects gov funding for your demographic. What about the computer in…
"is ideal privacy even possible" - It is, but 99% of the world population won't be able to attain it. Your machines (smartphone, PCs) can be fingerprinted with a 99% accuracy even if you navigate using Tor or a VPN. I think https://panopticlick.eff.org/ can be part of an answer!
I do not understand what this article is trying to communicate. It starts with a rambling anecdote and ends with a list of some unrelated terms barely tangential to privacy.
I see a lot of non-technical people around me who don't get the importance of privacy. Family who buys Alexa and use Facebook for everything. I wrote this in an attempt to explain how far privacy breaches can get, how the implications can be. Then, I tried defining some security terms that non-technical people might run into. Security helps protect their privacy, so I hope to help them make sense of what those terms…
Are you trying to equate buying an Alexa device or using Facebook to your anecdote? I do not really understand how the concepts are related.
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.
Thanks! I had a WP site before, but it was getting too complicated for me. I have basic CSS skills, but they weren't enough so I was always asking my SO for help. I had plugins to update but I was never sure of how safe they were, if they were going to break the site, etc.
With the skills I have, something like Squarespace is more manageable and easier to tailor