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Notes on a More Privacy-Friendly Blog

posted by martyb on Monday April 23 2018, @11:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the Smiles-all-around dept.

canopic jug writes:

Vincent Bernat writes in his blog about recent steps he took to increase privacy for his visitors and efficiency for the blog. He started out with excluding privacy-hostile modifications like Google Analytics, Disqus, third-party fonts, and much more. After reflection, he pared back and found the results better all around.

He addresses the following technologies one by one:

  • Analytics
  • Fonts
  • Videos
  • Comments
  • Search engine
  • Newsletter
  • Java­Script
  • Memento: CSP

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by meustrus on Tuesday April 24 2018, @02:07PM

    by meustrus (4961) on Tuesday April 24 2018, @02:07PM (#671153)

    Not just privacy either. All the third-party JavaScript he cut for privacy reasons is also murder on slower connections. Even 1.5mbps basic DSL can hardly handle a fully-laden Analytics+Fonts+Videos+Comments+Search JavaScript package, even when 4/5 of those things are probably coming from the same vendor. It's even worse for the poor saps that can't get better than dial-up or satellite internet.

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