Ad-blocking companies block ‘unblockable’ tracker

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 12:45:02 +0000

Ad-blockers have figured out a way to block the unblockable – a pernicious tracker technique that hides advertising networks in plain sight.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/GELDo4RpiU8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple restricts old adblocking tech

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:29:26 +0000

Apple has turned off the ability for adblocking companies to use their own blocking mechanisms in Safari.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/O7GTlWpHw1M” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple restricts adblocking extensions

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2019 10:29:26 +0000

Apple has turned off the ability for adblocking companies to use their own blocking mechanisms in Safari.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/O7GTlWpHw1M” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google pulls more fake adblockers from Chrome Web Store

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:47:31 +0000

Google has again been reprimanded for not spotting fake extensions impersonating popular brands in its Chrome Web Store.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bENpOujBKCo” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Firefox won’t follow Chrome’s anti-ad-blocker changes, says Mozilla

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2019 14:27:12 +0000

Mozilla has told developers not to fret – it won’t follow Google in tweaking its browser to be unfriendly to ad blocking software.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/m–la7sLG8k” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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