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Tag Archives: Web Browsers
Java updater to stop pushing Ask Toolbar, will foist Yahoo search on you instead
Oracle’s Java, infamous in the past for bundling the Ask Toolbar as part of its install and update processes, is ditching Ask in favour of Yahoo’s search engine.
DuckDuckGo search traffic soars 600% post-Snowden
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg believes the search engine can attract a growing number of privacy-conscious web users.
AdBlock Plus is legal, rules German court
Two German publishers have lost a court case that sought to brand popular ad blocker AdBlock Plus as illegal and anti-competitive.
Safari users win right to sue Google over secret cookies
The landmark case could determine if Google can be held accountable in the UK. Safari users have formed a group to seek damages.
Microsoft’s Project Spartan browser will replace Internet Explorer – but slowly
Yes, Internet Explorer is going away, eventually. But Microsoft’s admission that an unnamed browser – codenamed Project Spartan – will take over as the default browser in Windows 10 led to some premature celebrations. 
Google redesigns security warnings after 70% of Chrome users ignore them
You can strip jargon, but in the end, the warnings that work best are those with visual throb: pick the right colors and hide the wrong choices!
Anatomy of a browser dilemma – how HSTS ‘supercookies’ make you choose between privacy or security
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is supposed to keep you more secure online, but it could be used to track you against your will. Mark Stockley explains…
How the Obamacare website healthcare.gov leaks private data
HealthCare.gov, the US insurance exchange website that is a central component of Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act), is sending personal information on users to third parties including Facebook, Google, and web analytics companies.
GCHQ and police team up to hunt down child abusers on the darknet
A major crackdown on child-abuse imagery includes a new law making it illegal for an adult to send a sexual communication to a child. 