Forthcoming versions of the Chrome, Apple Safari and Opera are in the process of removing the ability to disable a long-ignored tracking feature called hyperlink auditing pings.
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Firefox draws battle lines against push notification spam
Mozilla doesn’t yet know how to solve the problem of website push notification spam in the Firefox browser, but it’s working on it.
Ep. 024 – Sextortion, malicious adverts and randomness [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest Naked Security podcast – listen now!
How to make DuckDuckGo your default Chrome search engine
Good news for the privacy-conscious. Chrome 73, released Tuesday, now includes the DuckDuckGo search engine as an option.
Chrome will soon block drive-by-download malvertising
A new Chrome feature hopes to choke off one of the most malicious forms of malware infection: drive-by advertising downloads.
Serious Chrome zero-day – Google says update “right this minute”
When a security expert on the Chrome team says, “update your Chrome installs… like right this minute” – well, here’s how to check!
Flash “security bypass” list hidden in Microsoft Edge browser
Until this month, the Edge browser could bypass its own warnings about Flash content on 58 websites, thanks to a hidden list.
Google’s working on stopping sites from blocking Incognito mode
Google Chrome’s Incognito mode hasn’t been an impenetrable privacy shield: For years, it’s been a snap for web developers to detect when Chrome users are browsing in private mode and to block site visitors who use it. Now it looks like Google plans to close that loophole.
Opera integrates a cryptocurrency wallet – is this Web 3.0?
When it appears in the next few weeks, the next version of Opera (“Reborn 3” or “R3”) for Windows, Mac and Linux will become the first mainstream desktop browser to integrate a cryptocurrency wallet.
Firefox 66 will silence autoplaying web audio
From Firefox 66 for desktop and Android, due in March, media autoplay of video or audio will be blocked by default.