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Researchers develop framework that improves Firefox security
Researchers from the University of California San Diego, University of Texas at Austin, Stanford University and Mozilla have developed a new framework to improve web browser security. The framework, called RLBox, has been ...
Feb 25, 2020
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Engineer still concerned over Safari tracking prevention
The headlines on many tech-watching sites this week amounted to one big whaaat? An anti-tracking feature in Apple's Safari browser was actually exposing private browsing habits, according to researchers outside Apple. This ...
Internet
A new battleground in the web browser wars: Privacy
Google announced a massive shift last week in how it handles cookies, those pesky digital trackers that chase us around the internet and serve up targeted ads that are both creepy yet eerily precise reflections of our wants. ...
Jan 23, 2020
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Google says it will phase out web-tracking 'cookies'
Google on Tuesday said is making progress in its quest to vanquish third-party "cookies" on its popular browser used to track people's online activities, a focus of many privacy activists.
Jan 14, 2020
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Privacy gets top billing in Firefox moves
Tech watchers were discussing Mozilla this week over its new moves, new plans, new Firefox features.
Computer Sciences
Engineer develops browser-based analysis framework observer
Malicious third-party advertisers or hackers expose web users to a security threat by injecting malicious JavaScript code to intercept user clicks and trick them into visiting untrusted web content. To investigate the problem ...
Nov 19, 2019
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How Let's Encrypt doubled the internet's percentage of secure websites in four years
The percentage of websites protected with HTTPS secure encryption —indicated by the lock icon in the address bar of most browsers—has jumped from just over 40% in 2016 to 80% today.
Nov 13, 2019
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Firefox: No-exit browser scammers want you to call bogus support
This week tech watchers were sending out headlines about scammers taking advantage of a Firefox bug to freeze users out of their browser. The punch-up consists of a user getting a warning message and then browser lockout. ...
Internet
Twitter offering 'topics,' from sports teams to K-pop
Twitter said Wednesday it is rolling out a feature that lets users follow topics the way they do people, starting with sports and K-pop, as part of its efforts to bring in and keep more users on the service.
Nov 6, 2019
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