Mozilla announced last Thursday that a tracker-blocking feature will soon be turned on by default on Firefox. Additionally, the browser will also allow users to control what information they share with websites. Firefox’s Tracking Protection, which was introduced in 2015, blocks website elements such as ads,...
A German privacy and security blogger Mike Kuketz recently revealed that a popular Firefox add-on named Web Security had secretly been collecting the browsing history of users. The add-on, which had already been used by 222,746 Firefox users, claims to actively protect from malware, tampered websites...
Firefox announced this week that it will now be providing a feature that will allow users to find out if their email and password has been leaked in a data breach. Firefox’s partnership with Have I Been Pwned, a data breach notification service, resulted to a...
Earlier this week, Mozilla announced that it has launched a new Firefox add-on called Facebook Container that can give users more control over what kind of data Facebook siphons. Facebook Container allows users to separate their Facebook identity from their web activity, preventing the social network...
A new study conducted by researchers from Exabeam found that browsers such as Chrome and Firefox can collect a significant amount of visitor information which can be taken advantage of by cybercriminals. The researchers tested both browsers by visiting websites on the Alexa Top 1000 list....
Last Tuesday, DuckDuckGo announced that it has included a tracker blocker and a number of other privacy features in its revamped line of mobile apps and browser extensions for Android, iOS, Chrome, Firefox and Safari. CEO Gabe Weinberg says that the company’s goal ever since...
A new security feature which will warn users if a site has had a data breach may soon be added to Firefox. The feature will use data from breach verification website “Have I Been Pwned?”. Site owner Troy Hunt revealed that he has been working with...
Mozilla has rolled out a pilot program that uses the Cliqz plugin which collects the user’s browsing data in Firefox. The plugin can give the user website recommendations on the search bar, based on the pulled data. It is now being tested on around 1% of...
A new W3C standard called Payment Request API is now increasingly being adopted in most browser implementations since it makes entering and storing credit card info significantly faster. However, the fact that it stores the information in the browser similar to how passwords are currently...
Instagram recently alerted its verified users that their phones and emails may be the target of unlawful access attempts. The security issue, caused by a buggy API, was quickly fixed, and the company assured that no passwords were compromised. A similar incident involving the hacking...