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On October 11th, 2025 with 45 comments
"California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the 'California Opt Me Out Act', which will require web browsers to include an easy, universal way for users to opt...
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Privacy,
Chrome,
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On August 3rd, 2024 with 36 comments
Apple's elaborate new ad campaign promises that Safari is "a browser that protects your privacy." And the Washington Post says Apple "deserves credit for...
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On August 17th, 2022 with 45 comments
A security researcher says that Apple's iOS devices don't fully route all network traffic through VPNs as a user might expect, a potential security issue the...
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On June 25th, 2020 with 42 comments
With Safari on iOS 14, MacOS Big Sur and iPadOS 14, you'll be able to log in to websites using Apple's Face ID and Touch ID biometric authentication. That's a...
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On June 24th, 2020 with 54 comments
Safari 14, scheduled to be released later this fall with iOS 14 and macOS 11, is a release that is packed choke-full with features. From a report: The biggest...
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On March 25th, 2020 with 16 comments
Starting this week, with the release of Safari 13.1 and through updates to the Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) privacy feature, Apple now blocks all...
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On April 20th, 2019 with 119 comments
tedlistens writes: One of the most common techniques people think can help hide their activity is the use of an "incognito" mode in a browser," writes Michael...
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On April 10th, 2019 with 130 comments
It's a browser feature few users will have heard of, but forthcoming versions of Chrome, Safari and Opera are in the process of removing the ability to disable...
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Opera,
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On June 5th, 2018 with 117 comments
The next version of iOS and macOS "will frustrate tools used by Facebook to automatically track web users," reports BBC. At the company's developer conference,...
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On April 10th, 2018 with 161 comments
Soon, it will be much easier to log into more websites using a hardware key plugged into your laptop, a dedicated app, or even the fingerprint scanner on your...
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On August 6th, 2017 with 82 comments
pizzutz writes: Chrome's popular Web Developer plugin was briefly hijacked on Wednesday when an attacker gained control of the author's Google account and...
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On July 10th, 2016 with 126 comments
Network World's Alan Zeichi recently argued "We need a better Private Browsing mode." Slashdot reader Miche67 writes: As this writer says, Chrome's Incognito...
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On March 27th, 2015 with 56 comments
mpicpp sends this report from CNET:
The floodgates are now open for UK users to sue Google over privacy violations tied to tracking cookies. In a landmark...
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On March 16th, 2012 with 134 comments
An anonymous reader writes "Last month we discussed news of a controversial method Google was using to bypass Safari's privacy settings in order to enable...
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