Best of Privacy — September 2023

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    Avatar of cloudflareCloudflare·3y

    Cloudflare is free of CAPTCHAs; Turnstile is free for everyone

    Cloudflare has eliminated CAPTCHAs and made Turnstile, its bot-stopping solution, available for free to all website operators. Turnstile's checkbox solution is just as effective as a CAPTCHA without requiring user interactivity. It uses various in-browser tests to analyze browser characteristics and detect bots. Over 1 million automated signup attempts have been blocked by Turnstile. During the beta, Turnstile received feedback and added new features, such as support for additional languages and error code transparency. Turnstile is now in general availability and is free to use.

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    Avatar of spreadprivacySpread Privacy·3y

    Celebrating 15 Years of DuckDuckGo

    15 years ago, Gabriel Weinberg launched DuckDuckGo from his basement in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, hoping to offer a user-centric alternative to Google. Today it’s a free, mobile and desktop browser with our private search engine built-in. We’ve been an independent company since our founding in 2008.

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    Avatar of communityCommunity Picks·3y

    Web Scraping with Bright Data, Node.js, and Puppeteer

    Web scraping is the process of extracting structured data from websites automatically. It involves using software tools to access and retrieve specific information from web pages. Bright Data stands out as a powerful and versatile solution. The legality of web scraping varies across jurisdictions and depends on factors such as website’s terms of service.

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    Avatar of hnHacker News·3y

    ‘Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed By Mozilla — Including Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota — Flunks Privacy Test

    Mozilla Foundation - ‘Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed By Mozilla - Including Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota - Flunks Privacy Test. Mozilla’s latest edition of *PNI reveals how 25 major car brands collect and share deeply personal data, including sexual activity, facial expressions, and genetic and health information.

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