Collaborate Disseminate
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. Continue reading Apple says Tencent isn’t snooping on your browsing habits
A UK class action lawsuit against Google, that represents around 5 million iPhone users, can go ahead, according to the UK Court of Appeal. Continue reading £3 billion Safari iPhone privacy lawsuit given go-ahead
The infamous eGobbler hacking group that surfaced online earlier this year with massive malvertising campaigns has now been caught running a new campaign exploiting two browser vulnerabilities to show intrusive pop-up ads and forcefully redirect users … Continue reading Over A Billion Malicious Ad Impressions Exploit WebKit Flaw to Target Apple Users
Apple has turned off the ability for adblocking companies to use their own blocking mechanisms in Safari. Continue reading Apple restricts adblocking extensions
A new web browser extension will allow you to view Thurrott.com—and most of the web—in dark mode. It works with all popular browsers
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Ever notice a missing company name next to the URL address bar? Ever change behavior because of it? Likely not, so bye-bye, useless badge. Continue reading Chrome bumps ineffective EV certificates off the omnibar
Mozilla has told developers not to fret – it won’t follow Google in tweaking its browser to be unfriendly to ad blocking software. Continue reading Firefox won’t follow Chrome’s anti-ad-blocker changes, says Mozilla
Apple has quietly revealed that it will implement an anti-tracking policy for its WebKit browser engine that’s based on Mozilla’s.
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Apple thinks it has come up with a way for advertisers to track how well their ads are doing without compromising user privacy. Continue reading Safari test points to a future with tracker-free ads
Some rather ingenious researchers have found a way to unique identify iPhones and iPads by examining data gathered from a device’s accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer sensors.
Continue reading Fingerprinting iPhones with the built-in gyroscope