SIGNAL JAM // EPISODE 005 // Privacy 101: Web Browsers and Search Engines

Original Air Date: 2026-01-16

Continuing our ‘Privacy 101’ series, we discuss the risks to digital privacy when browsing the web, and how selecting a better web browser can mitigate some of those concerns. Later, we briefly discuss private search engines.

/ / / – – SHOW NOTES – – / / /

Intro: The History of Internet Tracking and the Battle for Privacy // https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKmO1nPGrVc

In this episode:

Cookies // https://www.malwarebytes.com/cybersecurity/computer/what-are-tracking-cookies

JavaScript Tracking // https://isosecu.com/blog/can-you-be-tracked-trough-javascript

Canvas Fingerprinting // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvas_fingerprinting

WebGL Fingerprinting // https://medium.com/@datajournal/webgl-fingerprinting-60893a9ca382

Web Beacons // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_beacon

Meta Pixel // https://developers.facebook.com/docs/meta-pixel/get-started

Browser Fingerprinting Research Article // https://doi.org/10.1145/3696410.3714548

Do Not Track // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track

Global Privacy Control // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Privacy_Control

Extensions:

NoScript // https://noscript.net

uBlock Origin // https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock

Browsers:

Firefox // https://www.firefox.com

Mullvad Browser // https://mullvad.net/en/browser

LibreWolf // https://librewolf.net

TOR // https://www.torproject.org

Brave // https://brave.com

Search Engines:

DuckDuckGo // https://duckduckgo.com

StartPage // https://www.startpage.com

/ / / – – HOW TO REACH US – – / / /

Email:

Proton // [email protected]

Tuta // [email protected]

Our Domain // [email protected] [PGP key and fingerprint below]

Note: Only Proton-to-Proton and Tuta-to-Tuta emails are automatically end-to-end-encrypted. Consider using our PGP public key below if you use another service.

Messenger apps:

Signal // signaljam.01

[more coming soon]

Social Media:

Bluesky // bsky.app/profile/signaljam.me

Lemmy // lemmy.ml/c/signaljam

Mastodon // mstdn.social/@signaljam

X // x.com/signaljampod

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