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今日推荐开源项目：《搜狗:workflow》
今日推荐英文原文：《How to improve your privacy in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge and Brave》

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今日推荐开源项目：《搜狗: workflow》传送门：项目链接
推荐理由：搜狗公司的后端 C++ 编程标准，是一套企业级的程序引擎。主要功能和特点： 这是一个基于 C++11 std::function 的异步引擎。用于解决一切关于串行，并行和异步的问题。 作为网络框架，完全协议无关，并且直接面向应用。 原生包含了多种常有互联网协议的实现，并且以统一的方式使用。

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今日推荐英文原文：《How to improve your privacy in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge and Brave》作者：Rae Hodge
原文链接：https://www.cnet.com/how-to/how-to-improve-browser-privacy-in-chrome-safari-firefox-edge-brave/
推荐理由：现在, 隐私已经成为浏览器开发优先考虑的因素之一, 但是与网络上无所不在的广告追踪器斗争时, 对用户隐私的保护可能达不到期望的水平. 下面介绍如何通过调整隐私设置来保护隐私.

How to improve your privacy in Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge and Brave

Privacy is now a priority among browser makers, but they may not go as far as you want in fighting pervasive ad industry trackers on the web. Here’s a look at how you can crank up your privacy settings to outsmart that online tracking.

Problems like Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal have elevated privacy protection on Silicon Valley’s priority list by showing how companies compile reams of data on you as you traverse the internet. Their goal? To build a richly detailed user profile on you so that you can become the target of more accurate, clickable and thus profitable advertisements.

Apple and Google are in a war for the web, with Google pushing aggressively for an interactive web to rival native apps and Apple moving more slowly in part out of concern those new features will worsen security and be annoying for users. Privacy adds another dimension to the competition and to your browser decision.

Apple has made privacy a top priority in all its products, including Safari. For startup Brave, privacy is a core goal, and Mozilla and Microsoft have begun touting privacy as a way to differentiate their browsers from Google’s Chrome. It’s later to the game, but Chrome engineers have begun building a “privacy sandbox” despite Google’s reliance on ad revenue.

For all of the browsers listed here, you can give yourself a privacy boost by changing the default search engine. For instance, try DuckDuckGo. Although its search results may not be as useful or deep as Google’s, DuckDuckGo is a longtime favorite among the privacy minded for its refusal to track user searches.

Other universal options that boost privacy include disabling your browser’s location tracking and search engine autocomplete features, turning off password autofills, and regularly deleting your browsing history. If you want to take your privacy to the next level, consider trying one of the virtual private networks CNET has reviewed which work with all browsers.

In the meantime, though, here are some simple settings you can change in your current browser to help keep a good portion of advertising trackers off your trail.

Chrome

Unfortunately, the world’s most popular browser is also generally thought to be one of the least private when used straight out of the box. On the plus side, however, Chrome’s flexible and open-source underpinnings have allowed independent developers to release a slew of privacy focused extensions to shake off trackers.

In the Chrome Web Store, click Extensions on the left and type the name of the extension you’re looking for into the search bar. Once you find the correct extension in the search results, click Add to Chrome. A dialog will pop up explaining which permissions the extension will have for your browser. Click Add extension to bring the extension into your browser.

If you change your mind, you can manage or remove your extensions by opening Chrome and clicking the three dot More menu on the right. Then select More Tools and then Extensions. From here, you’ll also be able to see more about the extension by clicking Details.

Here are four extensions to look at as you get started: Cookie Autodelete, uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger and HTTPS Everywhere.

If you’re on Android, sorry: extensions don’t work. So you’ll have to switch browsers altogether to something like DuckDuckGo’s app.

In the same three-dot menu in Chrome, you can also block third-party cookies by selecting Settings, then scrolling down to the Privacy and security section and clicking Cookies and other site data. From here, select Block third-party cookies.

Safari

By default, Safari turns on its proprietary Intelligent Tracking Prevention tool to keep you a step ahead of privacy pests. Even so, the tool hasn’t always worked smoothly since its 2017 debut. Google researchers spotted how Intelligent Tracking Prevention itself could be used to track users, though Apple buttoned down the problem.

Safari 14, announced in June and arriving later in 2020 with new MacOS Big Sur, will be able to tell you which ad trackers are running on the website you’re visiting and give you a 30 day report of the known trackers it’s identified while you were browsing. It’ll also tell you which websites those trackers came from.

To check that blocking is on, open Safari and click Preferences, then Privacy. The box beside Prevent cross-site tracking should be checked. While you’re there, you can also manually delete your cookies. Click Manage Website Data to see which sites have left their trackers and cookies hanging out in your browser. Click Remove next to any of the individual trackers you’re ready to get rid of, or just nuke the whole list by clicking Remove All at the bottom of your screen.

Cookies can be helpful, not just invasive, but for stronger privacy you can block them altogether — both first-party cookies from the website publisher and third-party cookies from others like advertisers. To do so, check the box beside Block all cookies. Apple will start blocking most third-party cookies by default with MacOS Big Sur and iOS 14.

If you’re still looking for another layer of privacy, you can also install helpful extensions from the App Store like AdBlock Plus for or Ghostery Lite for Safari.

Edge Microsoft’s Edge browser includes some simplified privacy and tracker blocking options on its Tracker prevention screen. Within Edge, select the three dot menu icon in the top right corner and select Settings. From the menu that then appears on the left, select Privacy and services.

You’ll be offered three settings to choose from: Basic, Balanced and Strict. By default, Edge uses the Balanced setting, which blocks trackers from sites you haven’t visited while still being lenient enough to save most sites from some of the loading problems that may come with tighter security. Likewise, Edge’s Strict setting may interfere with how some sites behave, but will block the greatest number of trackers. Even the Basic setting will still block trackers used for cryptomining and fingerprinting.

Firefox

Firefox’s default privacy settings are more protective than those of Chrome and Edge, and the browser has more privacy options under the hood, too.

From inside Firefox’s main menu — or from inside the three lined menu on the right side of the toolbar — select Preferences. Once the Preferences window opens, click Privacy & Security. From here, you’ll be able to choose between three options: Standard, Strict and Custom. Standard, the default Firefox setting, blocks trackers in private windows, third party tracking cookies and cryptominers. The Strict setting may break a few websites, but it blocks everything blocked in Standard mode, plus fingerprints and trackers in all windows. Custom is worth exploring for those who want to fine tune how trackers are being blocked.

To apply your new tracking settings after you’ve selected your level of privacy, click the Reload All Tabs button that appears.

Brave

When it comes to antitracking tools, Safari’s latest privacy updates are still short of most of those found in the Brave browser. By default, Brave blocks all ads, trackers, third party cookies and third-party fingerprinters while still achieving blazing speeds. Brave also offers a built in Tor private browsing mode, a heavy duty tracker blocking option, and added a built in VPN for iOS users.

Inside Brave’s main menu, select Preferences to reveal the Settings panel on the left. Select Shields to see a list of privacy options on the right side of the screen. By selecting the Advanced view, you’ll be able to choose which kinds of trackers to block. By scrolling down, you’ll also be able to block login buttons and embedded content from Facebook, Twitter, Google and LinkedIn. For even more protection and privacy fine tuning, explore Additional Settings on the left, and select Privacy and security.

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今日推荐开源项目：《移动GitHub OpenHub》
今日推荐英文原文：《The 2 Most Important Ways Programming Changed the Way I Perceive the World》

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今日推荐开源项目：《移动GitHub OpenHub》传送门：GitHub链接
推荐理由：OpenHub 是一个开源的 GitHub Android 客户端应用，支持多种语言，而且快速简洁，能够完成大部分网站上的操作。

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今日推荐英文原文：《The 2 Most Important Ways Programming Changed the Way I Perceive the World》作者：Zachary Minott
原文链接：https://medium.com/better-programming/the-2-most-important-ways-programming-changed-the-way-i-perceive-the-world-ac79d005a5a8
推荐理由：我们看待世界的方式一直都在发生变化，可能有许多是 CS 所带来的。

The 2 Most Important Ways Programming Changed the Way I Perceive the World

It’s all in the details

As I’ve grown as a developer, I’ve begun to see programming as much more than it really is. On the surface, programming can be seen as a technical skill that serves as a utility to create programs and software to resolve real-world problems. But quite honestly, it is so much more than that. Programming is an art form. And similarly to art, the final product of all the code that was written not only serves to change the lives of the audience that the program is put in front of but also the lives of the creators in unexpected ways.

While reflecting on the few years I’ve spent as a developer, I noticed that I no longer follow the same patterns of thought as I used to. I approach problems differently. I respond to failure differently. I think much differently. I perceive the world differently. The consistent practice of programming not only furthered my technical skills, but it also taught me a lot about life.

Here are the lessons I’ve learned from programming.

How to Think

Before I started programming, I saw the world with a relatively superficial level of understanding. I didn’t look much deeper into how things actually were. I didn’t read books. I wasn’t curious.

When looking at a program, you can break everything apart into smaller and smaller components until all you have are classes, functions, and variables. We can see with complete transparency what exactly allowed this program to function the way it does. What exactly does this tell me about how the world functions? How the world is structured?

Everything can be deconstructed

Every single thing can be deconstructed into its base components. Atoms and isotopes. The building blocks of reality and the material world. Like the code used to build the beautiful universes we’re able to experience in a video game, everything in our universe functions in the exact way its biological code, chemistry, and the physics of our universe allow it to.

I began to gain a curiosity about the world around me, causing me to look more closely at the smaller details in that which surrounds me. I have come to perceive the world in a more fascinating light. I could look at a simple leaf and imagine how the complexities of nature’s processes have slowly brought this leaf into the state that I’m viewing it in that singular moment.

This made me realize that the world is a product of step-by-step processes and systems in the same way that we build a program variable by variable, function by function, class by class, and component by component until we finally conjure a cohesively complete and functional application. Something that was truly made from nothing. A program that follows the rules and laws that we defined for it.

Why thinking this way is important

When I began to think this way, I noticed that nothing in our life can be achieved without breaking apart our goals into specific processes. Everything requires incremental steps and growth. Rarely is anything achieved in one fell swoop. Be it a business, a new hobby, a new skill, or whatever your goal may be, it takes time and patience.

Responding to Failure

As programmers, we have to deal with an immense amount of failure on a daily basis. Some of you may be familiar with the 90-90 Rule of software engineering. If not, it is beautifully explained by Tom Cargill of Bell Labs:

“The first 90 percent of the code accounts for the first 90 percent of the development time. The remaining 10 percent of the code accounts for the other 90 percent of the development time.”

Basically put, the majority of the time spent writing code is actually spent debugging it. In light of this fact, it’s important to understand that not everything works out on our very first try. Debugging is all about understanding our failures, finding out what caused the failure in the first place, and then making the appropriate adjustments to overcome that failure. Wash, rinse, and repeat. The important thing is that we don’t quit until the code we wrote runs the way we intended it to.

Trial and error ultimately leads to success

Imagine if every time we ran into an error or a bug in a program, we just gave up. Nothing would ever be accomplished. Nothing would ever be created. If anything is to be achieved in this world, we must overcome the failures in front of us. If there is anything debugging has taught me, it would be this.

Failure can be frustrating. It can make us feel like we’re not moving forward. It can make us feel like we don’t know enough. But that’s the point. Failure should inspire us to learn more, think about different approaches we can take, and adopt a different perspective. It allows us to understand our problems to the point where we won’t run into them again. Trial and error ultimately drives us towards progress and becoming better as people. So don’t be afraid to experiment and be bold in your decisions.

I know that in the past when I didn’t succeed at first, I wouldn’t allow those things to slow me down. I would keep trying and trying until I had a marginally low percentage of error in my performance of that activity. It’s exactly what allowed me to become a Division 1 athlete. It’s what allowed me to become regularly recognized for my performance at my current company. It’s what allowed me to exude the most value I possibly could to those around me. So my advice would be to never quit. Keep trying and be persistent. Learn from your mistakes. And use the reason that you started in the first place to keep driving you forward.

Final Thoughts

There is so much that we could learn from the simple actions we take and the work we perform on a daily basis. You just have to look closer and notice what you’re gaining from what’s in front of you and exactly how this thing is shaping you as a person. It’ll allow you to see exponentially more value and purpose in your work.

Programming has taught me so much more than just these two things, but our ability to overcome failure and our ability to think differently are two superpowers that I believe everybody can truly benefit from.

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