Gavin's Miscellany
Personal encyclopedia and learning curriculum119 entries

Topic

Privacy & Tracking

Everyday internet privacy concepts, tracking distinctions, and the tradeoffs of privacy tools.

Entries

  • First-Party vs Third-Party Tracking“First party” and “third party” describe who is interacting with you in the current site context, not whether the tracking is good or bad.
  • VPNs: What They Hide and Do Not HideA VPN creates an encrypted tunnel from your device to a VPN provider, then sends your internet traffic onward from the provider's network.