markjgsmith

Today’s links:

• Firefox 70 arrives with social tracking blocked by default, privacy report, and performance gains on macOS - The tracking reports feature is pretty cool, I'd love if they expanded this to show which web apis sites were using, also lots of new stuff for developers in this release venturebeat.com #

• Firefox 70 for developers - Changes for web developers developer.mozilla.org #

• SpaceX aims to provide internet coverage with Starlink constellation as soon as mid-2020 www.theverge.com #

• Netlify have released some features around build tools, adding a way to create plugins css-tricks.com #

• The Illusion of choice and the need for default privacy protection - A look at why in the world of websites, consent is not the right way to handle privacy blog.mozilla.org #

• Bulletproof node.js project architecture - I feel like this piece is a bit scattered but there are quite a lot of good ideas in it, it's interesting to see async and classes being useful in nodejs softwareontheroad.com #

• The Internet and the Third Estate - Well written piece, if a bit long, that looks at the history of the concept of society being made up of "estates" and then an analysis of the current situation and how the internet, and specifically Facebook, is changing the landscape stratechery.com #

• Rename a local and remote branch in git multiplestates.wordpress.com #

• Comparing two branches in Git stackoverflow.com #

• Facebook Pledges $1 Billion to Ease Housing Crisis Inflamed by Big Tech www.nytimes.com #

• U.S. senators want social media users to be able to take their data with them www.reuters.com #