Mozilla has introduced a lot of tracker blocking protections into Firefox lately. Now, it is planning a new feature that will let you see how many online snoopers you’ve successfully evaded. A new feature called the Tracking Protections Panel (aka the Protection Report) will tell users how many trackers Firefox blocked in the prior week, […]
Monthly Archives: July 2019
Apple aims privacy billboard at Google’s controversial smart-city
It’s outside of Sidewalk Labs HQ in Toronto, where Google’s sister company is working on stuffing the city with data-collecting sensors.
Researchers hack VR worlds
Hackers just infiltrated virtual reality, enabling them to manipulate users’ immersive 3D worlds.
Privacy and security risks as Sign In with Apple tweaks Open ID protocol
An open letter from the OpenID Foundation says that Apple introduced potential risks when it diverged from the OpenID Connect protocol.
ISPs call Mozilla ‘Internet Villain’ for promoting DNS privacy
ISPA has shortlisted Mozilla for the sort of award that, on the face of it, no tech company should be keen to win – 2019’s Internet Villain.
New Year’s eve gaming DDoSer lulz himself into a 27-month sentence
Back in 2014, @DerpTrolling said he attacked sites simply based on requests from people who tweeted suggested targets.
5 tips to stay secure on social media
Social media isn’t for everyone, but lots of us love it – so here’s how to be in it and win it.
OpenPGP experts targeted by long-feared ‘poisoning’ attack
Somebody out there has taken a big dislike to Robert J. Hansen (‘rjh’) and Daniel Kahn Gillmor (‘dkg’), two well-regarded experts in the specialised world of OpenPGP email encryption.
Bitcoin eats as much energy as Switzerland
That’s around seven gigawatts, equal to 0.21% of the world’s supply: as much power as generated by seven Dungeness nuclear power plants.
Mannequin Challenge videos teach computers to see
An internet craze could change the way computers see, thanks to research published by Google.