Collaborate Disseminate
Brave is playing down fears after the revelation of what looked like a whitelist in its code allowing it to communicate with Facebook. Continue reading Brave browser explains Facebook whitelist to concerned users
Having taken what it thought was a decisive swipe at the problem of “abusive” advertising a year ago, Google now says next month’s Chrome 71 will unleash an even tougher crackdown. Continue reading Google warning: Fix your dodgy ads within 30 days or get banned
AdGuard has taken the decision to reset all user accounts after suffering a credential-stuffing and brute-force password attack. Continue reading AdGuard adblocker resets passwords after credential-stuffing attack
Mozilla has announced plans to tweak Firefox’s privacy controls so that advertising trackers will be blocked by default. Continue reading Firefox to start blocking ad-tracking by default
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. Continue reading Adblocking and browser privacy can be bypassed, researchers find
The pop-up blocking function of many apps and browser extensions appears to obscure an ulterior motive – spying on a user’s web traffic. Continue reading More browser extensions and apps caught spying on users
Mozilla promises all the revenue-generating analytics, none of the privacy-skewering. Continue reading Firefox isn’t adding ads, it’s ‘sponsored content’
This week, Jason reports on 32 lawsuits filed against Intel over Spectre and Meltdown flaws, Apple rushes fix for latest ‘text bomb’ bug as abuse spreads, and why Chrome’s ad filter isn’t an adblocker! Our very own Larry Pesce j… Continue reading Chrome, Adblocker, Bug Abuse, and Spectre – Hack Naked News #162
Optimistic news coverage has described this as the arrival of adblocking in Chrome, it isn’t. Continue reading Why Chrome’s ad filter isn’t an adblocker
The Salon news site are offering users a novel choice: turn off your adblocker or let it use your browser to mine cryptocurrency Continue reading Watch our ads or we’ll use your CPU for cryptomining