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Push For Privacy By Default
- Demand that browsers enable strong privacy protections by default instead of offloading to extensions.
- Pressure vendors publicly when defaults leak user data to force better defaults.
Scope Focused On Privacy Leaks
- PrivacyTests narrows scope to privacy data leaks and avoids security or performance unless they affect privacy.
- Arthur prioritizes cookie and partitioning tests because they are core to cross-site tracking.
Tests Influenced Browser Changes
- Publishing tests prompted browsers like Brave and Firefox to fix partitioning gaps and roll out protections.
- LibreWolf showed how enabling Tor-origin protections by default yields strong privacy without large teams.