November 25, 2019

Ad-blocking companies block ‘unblockable’ tracker

Ad-blockers have figured out a way to block the unblockable - a pernicious tracker technique that hides advertising networks in plain sight.

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September 24, 2019

Apple restricts old adblocking tech

Apple has turned off the ability for adblocking companies to use their own blocking mechanisms in Safari.

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September 23, 2019

Google pulls more fake adblockers from Chrome Web Store

Google has again been reprimanded for not spotting fake extensions impersonating popular brands in its Chrome Web Store.

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September 25, 2018

AdGuard adblocker resets passwords after credential-stuffing attack

AdGuard has taken the decision to reset all user accounts after suffering a credential-stuffing and brute-force password attack.

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September 03, 2018

Firefox to start blocking ad-tracking by default

Mozilla has announced plans to tweak Firefox's privacy controls so that advertising trackers will be blocked by default.

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August 20, 2018

Adblocking and browser privacy can be bypassed, researchers find

Virtually every desktop browser and adblocker can have its ad-tracking privacy or security bypassed by at least one software technique, a new study has found.

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July 26, 2018

More browser extensions and apps caught spying on users

The pop-up blocking function of many apps and browser extensions appears to obscure an ulterior motive – spying on a user’s web traffic.

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February 16, 2018

Why Chrome’s ad filter isn’t an adblocker

Optimistic news coverage has described this as the arrival of adblocking in Chrome, it isn't.

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February 14, 2018

Watch our ads or we’ll use your CPU for cryptomining

The Salon news site is offering users a blunt choice: turn off your adblocker or let the site use your browser to mine cryptocurrency.

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