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• Ask HN: Is there a good place to get recommended privacy settings for apps?
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Jun 2024

  I really like the website https://tosdr.org to find out a privacy grade for sites and apps. Is there anything similar that tells you how to change settings for these various services to improve privacy but minimally limit functionality, or at least tells you what functionality will be limited with the setup?

• Open source at Fastly is getting opener
  10 projects | dev.to | 15 Mar 2024

  Through the Fast Forward program, we give free services and support to open source projects and the nonprofits that support them. We support many of the world’s top programming languages (like Python, Rust, Ruby, and the wonderful Scratch), foundational technologies (cURL, the Linux kernel, Kubernetes, OpenStreetMap), and projects that make the internet better and more fun for everyone (Inkscape, Mastodon, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Terms of Service; Didn’t Read).

• Dear writers: Delete your Findaway Voices account NOW
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Feb 2024

  Terms of service are generally pretty shitty, yes. But this is egregiously shitty.

  https://tosdr.org/ is a good site to compare. Any service over Grade E (Spotify, Facebook, the usual suspects) is (very likely to be) less bad. DeviantArt for example is a D, and doesn't include waiving your moral rights among some of the other overreach.

  Some service terms are actually quite good (DuckDuckGo, Mullvad, off the top of my head). Though these aren't content sharing platforms so it's not really as fair of a comparison.

• Meta’s new AI image generator was trained on 1.1 billion Instagram and Facebook photos
  1 project | /r/technology | 7 Dec 2023
• what is something humans were never meant to see?
  1 project | /r/AskReddit | 5 Dec 2023

  This is super useful https://tosdr.org/

• I created a free tool that explains privacy policies to users.
  1 project | /r/SideProject | 30 Oct 2023
• State of Online Privacy Reaches 'Creepy' Level
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Oct 2023

  > Meaningful consent is becoming increasingly difficult for consumers; for instance ...

  https://tosdr.org is good for that, why don't Mozilla just contribute to an existing project

• [READ BODY TEXT BEFORE VOTING] Thoughts regarding online tracking?
  1 project | /r/intj | 1 Oct 2023

  I can't give you a complete guide here, but I recommend you go to privacy subreddits or watch relevant Youtube videos for more info. I also recommend sites like privacytools.io and privacyguides.org They contain lists of alternatives and tools. Also check out tosdr.org which contains summaries of the TOS of a ton of sites. Also try email aliases like simplelogin or anonaddy. Use burner emails for throwaways if possible emailnator.com or tempail.com . Try to use as many open-source applications as possible. You can even self-host certain things.

• Unity Silently Deletes GitHub Repo That Tracks Terms of Service Changes
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Sep 2023

  I think what you're looking for is TOSDR (Terms of Service, Didn't Read): https://tosdr.org

  It's been going for several years and has very thorough analysis of various ToS, done by volunteers who are often legal professionals.

• Ask HN: Why did Microsoft, Meta, and PayPal update their ToS today?
  3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Aug 2023
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