With non-HTTPS sites now getting actively outed as “insecure” by browsers… well, why should we care? We explain in plain English…
Daily Archives: July 26, 2018
More browser extensions and apps caught spying on users
The pop-up blocking function of many apps and browser extensions appears to obscure an ulterior motive – spying on a user’s web traffic.
Man accused of tricking men into involuntary porn
The 33-year old allegedly pretended to be a women so that he could dupe young men into having sex, and secretly filmed them.
Twitter boots 143K bad apps, throttles developer access to API
Devs now have to register and will be capped at 10 apps, and those apps are now on a diet: no more endless gorging on spam/bot-pestering/etc.
Would a bill banning bots do more harm than good?
According to the bill as it stands now, it would be okay to use a bot as long as it discloses that it is a bot, otherwise it’s “unlawful”.
Bigamists have no right to privacy on Facebook
Out of sight, out of mind? Not on Facebook, where 8,000 miles between Illinois and Thailand is wiped out by a “here’s us with the kids!” pic.