February 10, 2020

Google Chrome to start blocking downloads served via HTTP

Google has announced a timetable for phasing out insecure file downloads in the Chrome browser starting with desktop version 81 due next month.

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January 29, 2020

Fraud spike prompts Chrome developer lock-out

Google Chrome extension developers have been left high and dry for weeks as the company struggles to cope with a spike in fraud on the Chrome Web Store.

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January 28, 2020

Mozilla bans Firefox extensions for executing remote code

Mozilla’s policy is unambiguous - add-ons must be self-contained and not load remote code, which opens up the user to all sorts of risks.

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January 24, 2020

Google finds privacy holes in Safari’s ITP anti-tracking system

Apple’s much-vaunted Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) could leave users exposed to a raft of privacy issues, including - ironically - being tracked.

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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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November 15, 2019

Brave 1.0 launches, extends ad-watching payouts to iOS

It's showtime: Finally out of beta comes the browser that promises privacy, anonymity and cryptocurrency in exchange for your eyeballs.

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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 09, 2019

Brave accuses Google of sidestepping GDPR

A senior executive at private browser company Brave has accused Google of using a workaround that lets it identify users to ad networks.

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September 05, 2019

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

Mozilla has told developers not to fret - it won't follow Google in tweaking its browser to be unfriendly to ad blocking software.

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