Researchers have discovered a weakness in the way Chrome and Firefox interact with CSS3 that could have caused them to leak usernames, profile pictures and likes from sites such as Facebook.
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Chrome drops ‘secure’ label for HTTPS websites
When it comes to browser security, how important are the address bar icons and labels that tell users about a site’s security status? For Google at least, they matter a lot.
Silence! Chrome hushes noisy autoplaying videos
With the Chrome 66 comes blissful quiet: Google is muting all autoplay content by default.
Firefox beats Chrome and Tor in our trustworthy browser poll
For the third year running you voted Mozilla’s veteran Firefox browser as the most trusted browser, beating both Google’s market leading Chrome and privacy poster boy Tor.
Which web browser do you trust? [Poll]
We no longer choose our web browsers based on bells and whistles. These days its all about privacy and security and we’d like to know which browser (and which vendor) you trust to be your companion on the web.
Look! A Fraud Fighting Ferret! [Chet Chat Podcast 212]
Chester Wisniewski is back from Down Under to resume our podcast series. From fraud-fighting ferrets to a convicted “Spam King” – enjoy!
Google Chrome will block Flash from tomorrow…well, sort of
Adobe’s Flash will face a double setback on 1 September 2015, when both Amazon and Google shift into “HTML5 is way better for ads” mode.
Dmail promises self-destructing Gmail messages
After an email has been “destroyed” (or, rather, encrypted), recipients will see a message that the email has been killed. Should we trust it will do what it says with personal data?
NOT OK, Google! Privacy advocates take on the Chromium team and win…
Privacy advocates were unsurprisingly unimpressed that Google’s Chromium project silently downloaded a proprietary add-on… …that listened to your microphone.
Google Chrome “bad link” detection bypass – found, fixed
Here’s a small and simple XSS detection hole in Google Chrome – a reminder that even determined programmers sometimes overlook the obvious.