Keeping web-browsing data safe from hackers
Malicious agents can use machine learning to launch powerful attacks that steal information in ways that are tough to prevent and often even more difficult to study.
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Google resolves browser vulnerability, positive response wins praise
Oh, no. Never comforting to read of login thefts of any sort and it is small wonder that a security sleuth made news when he discovered an issue with Chrome. Once again, the price of convenience becomes a topic, this time ...
Software
Apple previews new software for iPhone, other gadgets
Apple kicked off its second annual all-virtual developer conference with a keynote that outlined new updates to its software for iPhones and other devices. The presentation highlighted more privacy options for paid iCloud ...
Jun 7, 2021
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Firefox Quantum is browser overhaul and tryouts hail speed
(Tech Xplore)—Firefox Quantum is here, one year in the making, and the focal point of all things Mozilla in tech-watching sites this week.
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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
Browser extensions could capture passwords and sensitive info as plain text
When you type a password or credit card number into a website, you expect that your sensitive data will be protected by a system designed to keep it secure.
Oct 30, 2023
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Microsoft announces retirement of Internet Explorer
Microsoft said it is retiring Internet Explorer, the browser it created more than 25 years and which is now largely abandoned as people instead use competitors like Google's Chrome or Apple's Safari.
May 21, 2021
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Browser tool aims to help researchers ID malicious websites, code
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an open-source tool that allows users to track and record the behavior of JavaScript programs without alerting the websites that run those programs. The tool, ...
Oct 22, 2019
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What if opting out of data collection were easy?
While many websites offer users choices to opt out of some of their data collection and use practices, most of these choices are buried deep in the text of long, jargon-filled privacy policies and are never seen by users.
Jan 13, 2021
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Your 'anonmyized' web browsing history may not be anonymous
Raising further questions about privacy on the internet, researchers from Princeton and Stanford universities have released a study showing that a specific person's online behavior can be identified by linking anonymous web ...
Jan 19, 2017
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