Chrome issues urgent zero-day fix – update now!
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 15:08:55 +0000
We’ve said it before/And we’ll say it again/It’s not *if* you should patch/It’s a matter of *when*. (Hint: now!)
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Google execs knew 'Incognito mode' failed to protect privacy, suit claims
A federal judge in California is considering motions to dismiss a lawsuit against Google that alleges the company misled them into believing their privacy was being protected while using Incognito mode in the Chrome browser.
The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District Court of California by five users more than two years ago, is now awaiting a recent motion by those plaintiffs for two class-action certifications.
The first would cover all Chrome users with a Google account who accessed a non-Google website containing Google tracking or advertising code and who were in “Incognito mode”; the second covers all Safari, Edge, and Internet Explorer users with a Google account who accessed a non-Google website containing Google tracking or advertising code while in “private browsing mode.”
A week in security (October 10 – 16)
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Read moreGoogle Smart Lock: The complete guide
Think fast: How many times a day do you pick up your phone to look at something? Unless you live in the tundra or have far more self-control than most, the answer probably falls somewhere between “quite a few” and “more than any sane person could count.” Assuming you keep your device properly secured, that means you’re doing an awful lot of unlocking — be it with your face, your fingerprint, or the code you tap or swipe onto your screen.
And that’s to say nothing of the number of times you type your password into your laptop or enter your credentials into an app or website during the day. Security’s important, but goodness gracious, it can sure be a hassle.
Android and Chrome start showing passwords the door
Categories: News Tags: Google Tags: passkeys Tags: Android Tags: Chrome Tags: public key Tags: private key Tags: authenticator Tags: WebAuthn Passwords won’t disappear any time soon, but a viable alternative is taking shape |
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Read moreOnline privacy: Best browsers, settings, and tips
“You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it,” Scott McNealy said of online privacy back in 1999, a view the former CEO of the now-defunct Sun Microsystems reiterated in 2015. Despite the hue and cry his initial remarks caused, he’s been proven largely correct.
Cookies, beacons, digital signatures, trackers, and other technologies on websites and in apps let advertisers, businesses, governments, and even criminals build a profile about what you do, who you know, and who you are at very intimate levels of detail. Remember that 2012 story about how Target could tell a teenager was pregnant before her parents knew, based on her online activities? That is the norm today. Google and Facebook are the most notorious commercial internet spies, and among the most pervasive, but they are hardly alone.
Chrome and Edge fix zero-day security hole – update now!
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2022 15:12:58 +0000
This time, the crooks got there first – only 1 security hole patched, but it’s a zero-day.
Read moreChrome fixes 0-day security hole reported anonymously – update now!
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Mon, 05 Sep 2022 15:12:58 +0000
This time, the crooks got there first – only 1 security hole patched, but it’s a zero-day.
Read moreS3 Ep98: The LastPass saga – should we stop using password managers? [Audio + Text]
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:55:43 +0000
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Read moreChrome patches 24 security holes, enables “Sanitizer” safety system
Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2022 11:48:01 +0000
24 existing bugs fixed. And, we hope, numerous potential future bugs prevented.
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