The Facebook Pixel Hunt aims to unravel Facebook’s tracking methods. Will you join?
Mozilla has partnered with The Markup in a study called The Facebook Pixel Hunt to unravel Facebook’s tracking infrastructure.
A week in security (Nov 1 – Nov 7)
A roundup of the previous week’s blog post, and the most important and interesting security events and happenings.
Update now! Mozilla fixes security vulnerabilities in Firefox 94
Mozilla has issued patches for several vulnerabilities in the Firefox browser. We discuss some of the high impact issues.
Patch now to bypass Firefox add-ons that abuse the proxy API to deny updates
Mozilla found two malicious add-ons that were blocking 455,000 users from getting updates by abusing the proxy API.
A week in security (Oct 4 – Oct 10)
A roundup of the week’s security news and related happenings, for the week of October 4 – October 10.
Firefox reveals sponsored ad “suggestions” in search and address bar
Firefox Suggest will now deliver sponsored content “suggestions” when users type into the URL address and search bar.
DNS-over-HTTPS takes another small step towards global domination
The rise of encrypted DNS is as inevitable as it is slow. Next on the list of countries to get the benefit of Firefox’s DoH is Canada.
What is Incognito mode? Our private browsing 101
We look at what Incognito mode does, how to turn it on, what it’s good at, and explain why it may not do what you think it does.
Chrome users, here’s how to opt out of the Google FLoC trial
Google’s FLoC trial will change how millions of users are tracked online. Here’s how to find out if you’re part of the trial, and how to opt out.
A week in security (January 25 – January 31)
A privacy week special on Malwarebytes Labs with a special episode of our Lock & Code podcast, FLoC, Grindr, Emotet, and more.
