Blogging
Bear Blog privacy rating
Minimal hosted blogging platform with small, fast pages, no third-party trackers and built-in first-party analytics.
Summary
Bear Blog scores 59 out of 100 (grade D) on the blogging criteria. It meets 3 of 9 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It partly meets TLS configuration, security headers and modern web standards. It does not meet independent audit, transparency report and tells users about requests. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B and Internet.nl website score 71%.
Score 59 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3 Source-available
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
All code is public, including the code that runs bearblog.dev, under a custom source-available license that forbids running a competing hosted service and is not OSI-approved.
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
Built-in analytics are first-party with no third-party trackers, and Google Analytics is not supported.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
No ads, and the privacy policy states collected information is never shared with or sold to other organizations for commercial purposes.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
Automated tests
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Partial
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B
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Partial
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade B (70/100+)
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Partial
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Score 71%