Mike O'Neill
@mikeoneillcloud.bsky.social
With minabird.bsky.social created very first website consent platform (which actually worked). From 2012 worked on DoNotTrack spec as invited expert in W3C TPWG https://www.w3.org/2011/tracking-protection/
anti-authoritarian socialist internationalist. 🇺🇦🇪🇺🏴
anti-authoritarian socialist internationalist. 🇺🇦🇪🇺🏴
The current state of the AI ecosystem
August 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The current state of the AI ecosystem
The Co-Op CEO downplays the impact of the cyber incident but still admits that stolen data included email adresses, contact details and birth dates, & does not contradict reports that around 20 million people were affected.
May 4, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Co-Op CEO downplays the impact of the cyber incident but still admits that stolen data included email adresses, contact details and birth dates, & does not contradict reports that around 20 million people were affected.
April 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Time to re-evaluate UK online security?
With US status as an ally in question, along with evidence of "reckless & dangerous" security breaches, why are our public sector websites, including even GCHQ, leaking UK citizens' online activity to US based big tech?
With US status as an ally in question, along with evidence of "reckless & dangerous" security breaches, why are our public sector websites, including even GCHQ, leaking UK citizens' online activity to US based big tech?
April 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Time to re-evaluate UK online security?
With US status as an ally in question, along with evidence of "reckless & dangerous" security breaches, why are our public sector websites, including even GCHQ, leaking UK citizens' online activity to US based big tech?
With US status as an ally in question, along with evidence of "reckless & dangerous" security breaches, why are our public sector websites, including even GCHQ, leaking UK citizens' online activity to US based big tech?
Just seen this example on the Euractiv.com site, ironically showing an article about the collapse of the EU-US Data Protection Framework.
March 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Just seen this example on the Euractiv.com site, ironically showing an article about the collapse of the EU-US Data Protection Framework.
The European Commission admits to its failure to protect Europeans from massive online surveillance by intending to withdraw the ePrivacy Regulation, initially drafted by them & finally agreed by a large majority in the European Parliament in 2017.
February 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
The European Commission admits to its failure to protect Europeans from massive online surveillance by intending to withdraw the ePrivacy Regulation, initially drafted by them & finally agreed by a large majority in the European Parliament in 2017.
If fingerprinting cannot uniquely identify >80% of mobile browsers, while a 5 character length cookie or local storage item could identify the browser used by anyone on the planet, what would be the point?
December 22, 2024 at 12:59 PM
If fingerprinting cannot uniquely identify >80% of mobile browsers, while a 5 character length cookie or local storage item could identify the browser used by anyone on the planet, what would be the point?
Fingerprinting as a cookie replacement is commercially useless for tracking, as I pointed out here:
baycloud.com/blog/PostDet..., .
baycloud.com/blog/PostDet..., .
December 22, 2024 at 12:59 PM
Fingerprinting as a cookie replacement is commercially useless for tracking, as I pointed out here:
baycloud.com/blog/PostDet..., .
baycloud.com/blog/PostDet..., .
How do Irish political parties compare as to their commitment to the rule of law, specifically their websites compliance with EU-wide privacy laws?
Some better than others
scanner.baycloud.com/trackerscope...
Some better than others
scanner.baycloud.com/trackerscope...
November 24, 2024 at 7:50 PM
How do Irish political parties compare as to their commitment to the rule of law, specifically their websites compliance with EU-wide privacy laws?
Some better than others
scanner.baycloud.com/trackerscope...
Some better than others
scanner.baycloud.com/trackerscope...
This implies that Google can no longer process personal data if it is associated with search, e.g. individual queries.
"Google is prohibited from using and retaining
data to which access cannot be provided to Qualified Competitors on the basis of privacy or
security concerns."
"Google is prohibited from using and retaining
data to which access cannot be provided to Qualified Competitors on the basis of privacy or
security concerns."
November 21, 2024 at 6:37 PM
This implies that Google can no longer process personal data if it is associated with search, e.g. individual queries.
"Google is prohibited from using and retaining
data to which access cannot be provided to Qualified Competitors on the basis of privacy or
security concerns."
"Google is prohibited from using and retaining
data to which access cannot be provided to Qualified Competitors on the basis of privacy or
security concerns."