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New comment by tlibert in "Meta to start capturing employee mouse movements, keystrokes for AI training"

tlibert — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 09:35:15 +0000

Dog fighting is a type of blood sport that turns game and fighting dogs against each other in a physical fight, often to the death, for the purposes of gambling or entertainment to the spectators.[1] In rural areas, fights are often staged in barns or outdoor pits; in urban areas, fights are often staged in garages, basements, warehouses, alleyways, abandoned buildings, neighborhood playgrounds, or in the streets.[2][3] Dog fights usually last until one dog is declared a winner, which occurs when one dog fails to scratch, dies, or jumps out of the pit.[4] Sometimes dog fights end without declaring a winner; for instance, the dog's owner may call off the fight.[4]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_fighting

New comment by tlibert in "Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out"

tlibert — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:52:26 +0000

I’m used to a quick fire response format for legal questioning. My words are carefully chosen, but I do reply quickly because I played every question in my head in advance.

The dig on downvotes however was intentionally cheeky. I’m well respected by many engineers who worked with me, no hard feelings, just a little teasing.

New comment by tlibert in "Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out"

tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:22:57 +0000

We don’t process it, not our decorator.

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:47:00 +0000

Max is a lawyer, I'm an engineer. ;-)

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:46:19 +0000

Oh, I very much am not.

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:46:03 +0000

That's why webXray (https://webxray.ai) has perfected forensic privacy auditing - we catch every code change that has visible traces. I'll catch the same thing any way you do it - cookies, local storage, js obfuscated network payloads...no sweat. I'll go all day long.

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:02:26 +0000

Cookies serve a lot of valuable purposes, it's important to disambiguate.

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:01:21 +0000

Appreciated, means a lot.

I'm not surprised at the downvotes, but someday we all have to look in the mirror and decide if we like what we see, but it's easier to downvote in the meantime.

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:55:49 +0000

We run scientific audits that provide evidence of specific data transfers under specific network conditions.

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:51:58 +0000

Ha, the question is always "which humans"!

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:51:34 +0000

For legal work you need a controlled forensic environment, this is evidence gathering in the same way a crime scene is. We've developed a lot of proprietary methods to ensure clean-room conditions.

That's not to say the idea isn't interesting, but in terms of legal proceedings, chain of custody with the forensic data is most important.

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:48:50 +0000

That concept is applicable to the European Union, doesn't apply in California.

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:47:28 +0000

2 quarters. ;-)

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:45:58 +0000

To quote our report: At webXray we are experts in tracking technologies, and we work closely with in-house counsel, defense, plaintiff firms, and regulators. However, we are not lawyers ourselves, thus nothing in this report represents a legal conclusion. webXray was not founded to supplant the role of lawyers, courts, or judges. We were founded to provide clear, accurate, forensic data, without fear or favor. We believe that by filling this gap we can enhance outcomes for all consumers, businesses, and regulators.

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We are filing the gap related to reliable facts not existing. We did a scientifically controlled test with GPC on and off. We presented the results as technical findings along with general background.

We are not lawyers, and we are happy to help others perform their own audits: https://webxray.ai - we have no desire to be lawyers.

We are a hard-tech engineering outfit, we deliver scientific clarity on complex topics.

New comment by tlibert in "Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out"

tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:42:27 +0000

No idea, I thought it was a valid question and we go to great lengths in our methodology for this reason. The audits we supply for enterprise are highly specific as to cookie purpose for this reason: https://webxray.ai

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:41:20 +0000

That's their decision, our report is very factually designed: https://globalprivacyaudit.org

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:40:39 +0000

And the tellers of truth keep telling the truth.

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:39:21 +0000

Thanks, California is our first audit, more countries and topics to come!

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tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:38:47 +0000

Being the best in the world at what you do and not being allowed to do it is...not the greatest job. ;-)

New comment by tlibert in "Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out"

tlibert — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:35:01 +0000

Execs are paid in stock, the only consequence that would matter is missing revenue projections for 2 quarters in a row, that's yet to happen.