Work update: Since last month, I’m the manager of WebKit Security & Privacy at Apple. Huge responsibility in this day and age, but it's the kind of challenge I like. Here’s a thread about this Silicon Valley team and jobs you can apply to today!
Security and privacy are obviously not the same thing. But even security comes in two broad categories when it comes to browsers. Here are the three areas the team covers:
Feb 25, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I’m getting a lot of bourbon and whisky ads on here. They know the mood. 😒🥃
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May 8, 2019 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Here are my thoughts on yesterday's privacy announcement from the Chrome team (blog.chromium.org/2019/05/improv…). [Thread]
First, I want to say that I'm happy about what they have to say. Specifically because they 1) acknowledge that tracking is a problem on the web and 2) are willing to make changes to Chrome's default behavior.
