Collaborate Disseminate
A study by PageFair revealed that ad blocker usage surged by 30% in 2016 alone, reflecting a growing public concern for privacy and uninterrupted browsing. Fast-forward to today, and the numbers are even more dramatic. According to Forbes, Americans ar… Continue reading Product showcase: Block ads, cookie pop-ups, trackers with CleanWeb
Apple has backported the patch for CVE-2024-23296 to the iOS 16 branch and has fixed a bug (CVE-2024-27852) in MarketplaceKit that may allow maliciously crafted webpages to distribute a script that tracks iOS users on other webpages. The company has al… Continue reading Apple backports iOS zero-day patch, adds Bluetooth tracker alert
Software-defined radio came on the hacker scene in a big way less than a decade ago thanks to the discovery that a small USB-based TV tuner dongle could be used for receiving all kinds of radio transmissions. Two popular projects from that era are tracking nearby airplanes and boats in …read more
Continue reading Tracking Boats and Ships in Real Time at the Same Time
Mozilla has announced a new Firefox protection feature to stymie a new user tracking technique lately employed by online advertisers: redirect tracking. How does redirect tracking work? Online advertisers, web analytics companies and browser makers are… Continue reading Firefox to block redirect tracking
Research puts the emerging mobile threat—which monitors the whereabouts and device activity of devices users as well as collects personal data—into clearer focus. Continue reading Stalkerware Attacks Increased 50 Percent Last Year, Report
Ad-blockers have figured out a way to block the unblockable – a pernicious tracker technique that hides advertising networks in plain sight. Continue reading Ad-blocking companies block ‘unblockable’ tracker
“Smart” devices might be handy and offer higher quality services, but users should be aware that everything comes with a price. And we’re not talking here about the price of the actual device, but of the fact that these devices collec… Continue reading Should you trust your smart TV or streaming device?
A lack of encryption and easily enumerated IDs open users to a host of creepy attacks. Continue reading 600,000 GPS trackers for people and pets are using 123456 as a password
Mozilla has released Firefox 65, which includes enhanced, configurable protection against online tracking. The organization has also published an official anti tracking policy that effectively maps out the direction which its popular browser will take … Continue reading Mozilla releases anti tracking policy, enhances tracking protection in Firefox 65
Mozilla’s Enhanced Tracking Protection is going mainstream. Continue reading Firefox 63 gets tough with trackers