This is pretty nifty. Firefox 86, which was recently released by Mozilla, has added a new Total Cookie Protection privacy feature, which works as follows: Total Cookie Protection works by maintaining a separate “cookie jar” for each website you visit. Any time a website, or third-party content embedded in a website, deposits a cookie in […]
This is the kind of thing that makes you wish your wireless carrier was humanoid, anthropomorphic and had a face you could punch at your leisure. Despite criticisms and public outcry, Verizon isn’t giving up on its UIDH “perma-cookie” advertising program—but the company will give subscribers a larger say in the matter. Verizon customers will […]
There are consequences for when a wireless carrier installs something that apparently tracks its user base a little too closely with no convenient means of removal. Per Macworld and ProPublica, wireless carriers Verizon and AT&T have been caught up in a privacy firestorm over their use of so-called “permacookies,” a method of tracking what their […]
Google Chrome, Google’s new web browser, just reached version 5.0.307.7 beta for the Mac. The new version, an 18.9 megabyte download, offers the following the following changes: – Extensions (finally!). – Bookmark sync. – Bookmark manager. – Cookie manager. – Task manager. – Support pinch to zoom on the Mac. – Cmd-three finger swipe opens […]