Microsoft has announced a list of new security and privacy features it plans to add to forthcoming versions in an effort to take on its rivals.
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Chrome may bring back ‘www’ with option to show full URLs
Google’s doing so grudgingly: it still thinks that showing too much will confuse users trying to assess a site’s security.
Should governments track your location to fight COVID-19?
Google Maps data could help governments track patients that a newly-diagnosed COVID-19 sufferer has been in contact with.
Google sent ~40K warnings to targets of state-backed attackers in 2019
Google has seen a rising number of attackers impersonating news outlets and journalists to spread fake news among other reporters.
Android apps are snooping on your installed software
Android apps are snooping on other software on your device – and that could tell shady advertising companies more about you than you’d like.
Firefox 76 will have option to enforce HTTPS-only connections
The aim is to block the browser from reaching the small number of sites that cling to HTTP, closing security risks.
Firefox is dropping FTP support
Heads up, Firefox users who rely on FTP: the browser is eliminating support for this venerable protocol.
COVID-19 disruption delays release of Chrome version 81
It’s the COVID-19 shortage nobody expected – not toilet rolls, tinned goods or headache pills this time but Google software engineers.
Analytics firm’s VPN and ad-blocking apps are secretly grabbing user data
Both Google and Apple have removed at least some of the apps from the company, Sensor Tower.
Watch out for Office 365 and G Suite scams, FBI warns businesses
The FBI has warned users of Microsoft Office 365 and Google G Suite hosted email about Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams.