How browser privacy actually works
Plain-English explainers on the concepts behind every privacy decision a modern browser makes. No marketing speak, no jargon, but the technical names are there so you can search for them too.
- Is incognito mode actually private? What incognito does and doesn't hide. (Spoiler: less than most people think.)
- What is browser fingerprinting? How websites build a unique ID for your computer without using cookies.
- What are third-party cookies? How cookies became surveillance, and what's replacing them.
- Why "Do Not Track" doesn't work The polite request the entire ad industry agreed to ignore.
- What is encrypted DNS? Why your ISP normally sees every site you visit, and how DNS-over-HTTPS fixes that.
- What is a WebRTC IP leak? Why your browser can leak your real IP through video-call protocols even on a VPN.
- What is Manifest V3? Chrome's new extension rules and why uBlock Origin's full version no longer works there.
- What is Schrems II? The 2020 EU court ruling that made sending personal data to US services legally risky.
- What is the CLOUD Act? The US law that lets US agencies require American companies to hand over user data.
- What is the Digital Markets Act? The EU law forcing Apple to allow alternative browser engines on iOS.
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