Techlore Talks Interview: Arthur Edelstein, developer of the browser privacy tool privacytests.org. Welcoming Arthur on Techlore Talks to to chat about his open source browser testing tool, his history with web browser development, privacy & security of web browsers, the future of web browsers, and a lot more!
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introductions
01:04 Arthur's History with PrivacyTests, Tor, Firefox, & Brave
06:26 Was privacytests.org always open source? How does he test?
07:52 What's the scope of the tests run? Why and how does he run them the way he does?
16:42 What browsers surprised Arthur throughout his testing?
18:58 How do his tests work on a technical level? How are sites tracking us?
23:26 PrivacyTests being objective data instead of using recommendations
28:24 Conflict of Interest with Brave
29:50 Will privacytests.org scan browser telemetry someday?
31:18 The privacytests.org contributors
32:02 Which browsers does Arthur use in his life?
33:18 Arthur's experience at Tor & Mozilla
38:18 Which browsers Arthur is excited for in the future
40:38 Why should people care about Chrome's privacy?
44:04 Thoughts on Apple Dropping WebKit & Introducing Web Apps
46:24 Final Words
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