Hacker News with Generative AI: User Privacy

Implications of Global Privacy Control (mozilla.org)
Privacy has been a focal point for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) for the last few years, with their release of their Privacy Principles and browser vendors working on what host of tools should replace third-party cookies. It makes sense, then, that the Global Privacy Control (GPC) has gained traction and is on a standards track, with the Privacy Working Group having recently published the first working draft.

Privacy, Web Standards, Technology, Browser Development, User Privacy

73 points by danielskogly 17 days ago | 45 comments

Help me find a blogpost I saw here once (ycombinator.com)
Within the past 2 years. It was specifically about correlating information obtained from dumps of breached websites to identify users and take advantage of password reuse to hack accounts.

Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Password Security, Information Security, User Privacy

6 points by branon 97 days ago | 2 comments

Talaria: Interactively Optimizing Machine Learning Models for Efficient Inferenc (arxiv.org)
On-device machine learning (ML) moves computation from the cloud to personal devices, protecting user privacy and enabling intelligent user experiences.

Machine Learning, Optimization, User Privacy, On-Device Computing

41 points by quantisan 204 days ago | 6 comments

Threads is trading trust for growth (werd.io)

Social Media, Meta, User Privacy

5 points by marban 208 days ago | 0 comments

Complicated app settings are a threat to user privacy (theconversation.com)

User Privacy, Security, Application Development

8 points by rntn 226 days ago | 1 comments

TikTok collected US user views on issues like abortion and gun control (apnews.com)

TikTok, Social Media, Data Collection, User Privacy, Politics

28 points by cwwc 247 days ago | 19 comments

Ask HN: Is Firefox better than Chrome when it comes to user security? (ycombinator.com)