Privacy — Smashing Magazine

36 articles

How OWASP Helps You Secure Your Full-Stack Web Applications

February 18, 2025 — The OWASP vulnerabilities list is the perfect starting point for web developers looking to strengthen their security expertise. Let’s discover how these vulnerabilities materialize in full-stack web applications and how to prevent them. Read more…

Vitaly Friedman wrote

Meet Success At Scale, A New Smashing Book By Addy Osmani

May 25, 2023 — Meet “Success At Scale”, our upcoming book with best-practice case studies from industry experts. Print shipping in early March 2024. eBook now available. Pre-order the book. Read more…

Marcus Herrmann wrote

The Potentially Dangerous Non-Accessibility Of Cookie Notices

April 24, 2023 — In this piece, a Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) auditor shares some cookie banner error patterns that can massively hurt a page’s overall conformance. Let’s explore what to look out for with this omnipresent piece of the web interface. Read more…

Atila Fassina wrote

Fine-Grained Access Handling And Data Management With Row-Level Security

March 29, 2023 — Dealing with sensitive data is an important topic for any app. In this article, you will find out how to handle sensitive or confidential information in your apps and what Row-Level Security means. Read more…

Eric Burel wrote

Understanding Authentication In Websites: A Banking Analogy

January 9, 2023 — This article is Eric Burel’s attempt at making the implementation of authentication less obscure. You’ll learn about tokens, authorization, CORS, credentials, HTTP headers, and such. Read more…

Suzanne Scacca wrote

How To Prioritize User Security When Collecting Offline Data

December 15, 2022 — Concerns over online privacy and security are nothing new. In this article, Suzanne Scacca explores how the right CSV importer can help businesses better prioritize user security. Read more…

Heather Burns wrote

Understanding Privacy: Protect Your Users, Protect Yourself

December 13, 2022 — All of us want to create inclusive, safe, and privacy-aware digital experiences, but where to begin? Our brand new Smashing Book, “Understanding Privacy,” written by Heather Burns, can help you lay the ground for future developers, designers, and project managers to build a better web for tomorrow. Jump to the details or get the book right away. Read more…

Vitaly Friedman wrote

It’s Here! “Understanding Privacy,” A New Smashing Book Is Shipping Now

December 8, 2022 — “Understanding Privacy,” the new Smashing Book by Heather Burns, will help you create inclusive, safe and privacy-aware digital experiences. Print books are now shipping! Jump to details and get the book right away. Read more…

Vitaly Friedman wrote

Understanding Privacy: A New Smashing Book Is Here

October 19, 2022 — Meet Understanding Privacy, our brand new Smashing Book to make sense of privacy, and learn how to create inclusive, safe and privacy-aware digital experiences. eBook now available, print shipping in early December. Read more…

Vitaly Friedman wrote

Meet Understanding Privacy, A New Smashing Book By Heather Burns

September 5, 2022 — Meet “Understanding Privacy”, our upcoming book on what data privacy is really about beyond scary headlines. Approx. 350 pages. eBook available in October, print shipping in early December. Read more…