Google Chrome and the new Microsoft Edge browser are siblings, but that doesn’t mean they’re equal. Far from it. The most important difference between the new Edge and Google Chrome strikes right at the heart of Google’s business model. By default, the new Edge turns on tracking protection and sets it to Balanced, which blocks many ads and almost all third-party tracking code. …
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If you use Mozilla Firefox’s web browser, you’ll want to drop what you are doing right now and update it. Now. Failure to do so, could allow an attacker to take control of a user’s entire operating system—whether they use Windows or Mac. More alarming, the vulnerability is already being exploited…
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Brave, a privacy-first browser, rolls out its first stable release, complete with innovative features such as its own private ad platform and a users and websites rewards initiative. … Developed from the ground up to be a privacy-first alternative to modern-day browsers, Brave 1.0 comes with many features not present in any other competitor’s software. This includes: Brave blocks all ads by default, and instead uses its own private ad platform, designed to work right inside the browser, and with a focus on preserving users’ privacy. …
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Firefox is taking the guesswork out of how to give yourself more privacy online providing always-on features like blocking third-party tracking cookies and cryptominers also known as Enhanced Tracking Protection.
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Is Internet Explorer (IE) a browser? According to Microsoft, no. Today, it’s a ‘compatibility solution’ for enterprise customers to deal with legacy sites that should be updated for modern browsers. … Chris Jackson, Microsoft’s worldwide lead for cyber-security, … that habit needs to stop … ‘The perils of using Internet Explorer as your default browser’.
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Every company is claiming their latest web browser is the fastest one yet. So, which one really is the fastest? I took them to the test bench — and here’s what I found.
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Buzzwords like privacy, cookies, tracking, etc. are appearing on every news outlet that cares about the web. But they usually just scratch the surface, leaving a lot of the underlying machinery in the dark and still hidden away. … I’ll attempt to describe the different pieces that comprise online tracking, in a way that goes beyond the cookies and scripts.
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There are now many smaller players in the search game that are growing rapidly. Google’s market share has declined from 78.7 percent in February 2017 to slightly below 70 percent in February 2018.
A few of these search engines, including DuckDuckGo and StartPage began as normal search engines with no privacy enhancements. However, after they realized the massive risk associated with storing so much data, they decided to take a different approach.
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Modern-day browsers can not only save your passwords for you—they can recommend new, secure passwords whenever you need to create a new one, and can even warn you when you’re using the same password across multiple accounts.
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To what extent should you believe Microsoft’s claims that its Edge browser is both “safer” and “faster” than the competition? TechRepublic put recent versions of Chrome, Edge and Firefox browsers to the test.
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According to USA Today, 75% of the world’s most popular websites have tracking code on their pages. I am not alone in my concern about maintaining some sort of privacy online.
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One of the biggest leaks of privacy on your computer is your browser. Whether the leaks come from the website you browse to (tracking cookies, fingerprinting, etc), from the browser itself (diagnostic info, interest tracking, cloud-based history collection, etc), or from your ISP being able to observe everything you do. Enter Brave, a browser specifically built from the ground up for privacy.
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Of all the technologies that changed our lives, perhaps the most profound of the last 50 years has been the web. But it wasn’t the ability to hyperlink documents that made the most impact. Instead, it was the application that presented all that information to users, the browser.
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The FBI has recently seen a new trend emerging for scammers to retarget past tech-support victims by posing as government officials or law enforcement, and offering assistance recovering lost funds for further fees. Some scammers also threaten legal action if victims don’t pay to settle outstanding debts for tech-support services.
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A free Google Chrome extension will tell you if your password has been leaked.
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With Mozilla’s release of Firefox 60 on Wednesday, web browsers will start letting you log into websites without a password
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