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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DNS-over-HTTPS is coming to Windows 10

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 15:22:43 +0000

Microsoft will soon add the ability to use DNS-over-HTTPS and DNS-over-TLS into its networking client.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/KwCTrsw95Kk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Brave 1.0 launches, extends ad-watching payouts to iOS

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 11:36:08 +0000

It’s showtime: Finally out of beta comes the browser that promises privacy, anonymity and cryptocurrency in exchange for your eyeballs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/oVgTjmFNurY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Mozilla says ISPs are lying to Congress about encrypted DNS

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 12:34:07 +0000

Mozilla on Friday posted a letter urging Congress to take the broadband industry’s lobbying against encrypted DNS within Firefox and Chrome with a grain of salt.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/L0V0e9wwPL4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Firefox Privacy Protection makes website trackers visible

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:33:28 +0000

Mozilla has added another privacy tweak to Firefox version 70 – the ability to quickly see how often websites are tracking users.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/TxqeyH4Au6Q” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple says Tencent isn’t snooping on your browsing habits

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 10:46:27 +0000

Apple was quick to allay user concerns this weekend after someone spotted that it was working with Chinese company Tencent to check its users’ website requests for malicious URLs.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/1ZcuAGpfi7s” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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October Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes critical remote desktop bug

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:14:46 +0000

Microsoft fixed 59 vulnerabilities in October’s Patch Tuesday, including several critical remote code execution (RCE) flaws.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jWWY6mMadts” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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£3 billion Safari iPhone privacy lawsuit given go-ahead

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 11:36:48 +0000

A UK class action lawsuit against Google, that represents around 5 million iPhone users, can go ahead, according to the UK Court of Appeal.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/fsGgtlXfCI8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google’s Password Manager now checks for breached credentials

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2019 11:56:21 +0000

Google has taken the next step in its strategy to secure users’ passwords. The search giant has taken a password-checking feature released in February as an extension to its Chrome browser and embedded it directly into its password manager service.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/htCIKPrCE8I” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Chrome cripples movie studio Mac Pros

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 12:54:59 +0000

A few days ago, movie editors started reporting that Mac Pros running Avid software were crashing throughout Hollywood.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BZ_Snk9ZWg4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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