Privacy on Janik von Rotz

Paradigm shift in the handling of data

Sun, 02 May 2021 21:30:10 +0200

The handling of private data is the subject of controversial public debate. Everyone expresses concerns about the handling of private data, but most people pass it on to third parties via social media without hesitation. A controversy that is often left hanging in the air.

Get rid of Disqus

Sun, 23 Apr 2017 08:44:28 +0000

Recently I read an article on HN (Hacker News) Replacing Disqus with Github Comments and decided to drop the Disqus commenting system on this site. A long time ago I’ve added Disqus to my page because of it was easy to use and had out-of-the-box spam prevention. The cost of it as I see now was a heavy breach in privacy and site performance. When I read the article mentioned above I was shocked what I was forcing on people visiting my site. Just to give you an idea what’s going on:

Why you should use Piwik instead of Google Analytics

Tue, 27 May 2014 14:06:01 +0000

Piwik is growing fast, it’s getting smarter and more reliable every day. Right now it’s the time to think about this alternative web analytic solution. As I’m using it for years I forgot the original cause that made me replace Google Analytics with Piwik.

So here are my most important perks for using Piwik instead of Google Analytics:

Why you shouldn’t disable Adblock

Fri, 02 May 2014 07:16:14 +0000

Let’s face it, there are people (count me in) who dislike any kind of advertisement. I really get annoyed of any kind of pop-up flashing attention distractions adverb on sites I’m visiting.

The solution is simple, just download Adblock Plus and you’ll never see them again.

You want to know why I’am writing about this?

Google is watching you

Tue, 07 Jan 2014 13:34:19 +0000

The site: https://donttrack.us/ shows in a comprehensible way how googles data greed can affect you real life.

And if you still think this is just conspiracy, you have to know, that people thought the same about the NSA years ago.

Asking what you can do? Check out this site: https://prism-break.org

Interested in this issue? Look further on these sites:

How Facebook Graph Search Affects Your Privacy

Wed, 10 Jul 2013 14:47:19 +0000

via: https://t3n.de/news/privacy-einstellungen-solltet-461777/