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‘See No Evil’ — Mozilla SLAMS Google’s App Privacy Labels
Google doesn’t want you to know what your Android apps do with your data. That seems to be the conclusion from a Mozilla study into the Play Store ...
Bipartisan Digital-Privacy Bill, Delete Your Data Before Selling Your Car, Firefox Total Cookie Protection
A new bipartisan privacy bill, the American Data Privacy and Protection Act, “could” be the first privacy legislation in the US not doomed to fail, a story about why you should delete ...
FBI Email System Compromised, Ransomware Negotiation, Privacy Crushing Gifts
In milestone episode 200: The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s external email system was compromised sending spam emails with a fake warning of a cyber-attack, new research released about ransomware negotiation and some ...
Targeted Dream Incubation, TikTok Data Sharing, Chrome and Firefox Updates
Is dream hacking the next big privacy concern or just a new marketing gimmick? Some people may be surprised that TikTok shares data with China, and details on Google Chrome adding HTTPS-first ...
How to Remove a Root Certificate
Instructions for removing roots for Apple, Microsoft, and Mozilla. Need to know how to remove a root certificate? You’re in the right place. Digital Certificates, but for our explicit purposes,... The post ...
NSA Data Collection Ruling, Browsing History Identification, Ambulance Chasing
In episode 137 for September 7th 2020: A federal appeals court finds the NSA’s bulk collection of phone data was unlawful, new research shows that browsing histories are unique enough to reliably ...
Companies Can Build Accurate User Profiles from Online History, Mozilla Research Finds
Users are sometimes tracked online despite no-track options Online profiles are accurate most of the time Large companies can build online profiles with little available data Advertisers can quickly identify users from ...
Firefox Send Used to Spread Malware, Mozilla Temporarily Stops the Service
Mozilla suspended the Firefox Send service after it received reports that it was used by bad actors to host and send malware to unsuspecting users. Firefox Send is a service that lets ...
Mozilla Fixes Two Firefox Critical Vulnerabilities Exploited in the Wild
The Firefox Internet browser received a critical patch from the Mozilla Foundation to fix a couple of actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities that were endangering both regular users and institutions. Zero-day vulnerabilities in ...
Firefox Enables DNS over HTTPS by Default in the United States
Mozilla is turning on DNS over HTTPS by default for users in the United States and is making it available for users throughout the rest of the world if they choose it ...
