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! — 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 — Techlore Talks: Video Playlist RSS Feed — Techlore Links: Homepage Techlore Forum Go Incognito Course Support Techlore! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
