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@jbz@indieweb.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 days ago

🪤 I Audited the Privacy of Popular Free Dev Tools — The Results Are Terrifying

「 The identity syncing observed across these sites means your visit is not isolated. The same advertising ID that watched you format JSON will recognize you when you shop online, read news, or browse social media. Your development activity becomes part of your consumer advertising profile 」

https://www.toolbox-kit.com/blog/i-audited-popular-dev-tools-privacy-results-are-scary

#privacy #tracking #surveillance

I Audited the Privacy of Popular Free Dev Tools — The Results Are Terrifying

I tested what happens when you paste code into popular online developer tools. Some sites contact 96 external domains, set 540 cookies, and run real-time ad auctions on your data. Here is everything I found.
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