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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