Facebook gets round tracking privacy measure by encrypting links

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:35:37 +0000

Facebook is reportedly switching out click identifiers for encryption, making it harder (if not impossible) to strip tracking from the URL.

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Firefox stops advertisers tracking you as you browse, calls itself the most “private and secure major browser”

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:21:00 +0000

Mozilla has launched its Total Cookie Protection addition to Firefox for users worldwide. What does it do?

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Internet Safety Month: Parental controls—what they can and can’t do for you

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:22:25 +0000

Parental controls are a helpful tool in keeping your children safe online. But they should not be considered a set and forget kind of tool.

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Parental controls: What they can and can’t do for you

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 14:22:25 +0000

Parental controls are a helpful tool in keeping your children safe online. But they should not be considered a set and forget kind of tool.

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AirTag stalking: What is it, and how can I avoid it?

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 17 May 2022 14:12:25 +0000

AirTag stalking is in the news as bills look to close loopholes used by stalkers. What are AirTags, and how can they be used to track people?

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Google’s Super Bowl ad will make you cry. Or wince.

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 10:44:29 +0000

Google’s Super Bowl ad featured an elderly man’s voice as he asked Google Assistant to help him remember details about his late wife.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/a63Ljbmk14I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Employers can’t force you to get microchipped, Indiana reps say

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 13:21:47 +0000

The US state wants to make sure employers don’t “overstep their bounds” by imposing mandatory employee microchipping.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/48XlhRwADKc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Privacy watchdog throws wider net to protect children online

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 10:09:18 +0000

A new, comprehensive code will compel online services to put children’s health and safety before data-collecting profits.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/85dspOTlfAY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google to kill third-party Chrome cookies in two years

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:20:59 +0000

Google doesn’t want to block third-party cookies in Chrome right now. It has promised to make them obsolete later, though. Wait – what?<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/Wd6Jr8cQUKg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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