Tag Archives: privacy

44,000 Inactive Mozilla AMO Accounts’ Information Disclosed

Mozilla has sent emails to few AMO account holders about a critical issue. According to this email, on 17th December, Mozilla was informed by a third party about a possible disclosure of users’ email addresses, first and last names, and an md5 hash representation of their password. Continue reading

Disable Google Analytics – Easiest Way For Firefox Users

If you are a Firefox user and looking for the easiest way to disable Google analytics – the Google’s service used by webmaster to track their visitors’ activities, here is the easiest solution for you Continue reading

Another Malicious Firefox Add-on Discovered : Mozilla Sniffer

This add-on, Mozilla Sniffer, sends all submitted password field form data to a remote location. Hence, it tries to steal passwords of users who have installed this malicious add-on. Continue reading

Search Google Anonymously And Securely

Google.com tracks your searches and keeps records of all your activities. This is generally used for providing relevant (?) search result and adverts. Continue reading

encrypted.google.com – Google’s Encrypted Search Gets A New Address

Google has changed the URL of its encrypted search service to https://encrypted.google.com. In past, this service was hosted on https://www.google.com. Continue reading

Encrypted Google Search Beta Launched

Google has just announced the launch of its encrypted search service. Users can access encrypted Google search through the site https://www.google.com. Continue reading

Easily Watch Inappropriate (Flagged) Videos On YouTube.com With Puritube

YouTube does not allow users to view these flagged videos without verifying their age, and for this – you need to login to your YouTube/Google account. Continue reading

Encrypted Search Is Coming To Google

Google today announced to add an interesting feature to its search service: encrypted search. This simply means that the users will be able to search safely. Continue reading

Twitter To Kill Basic Authorization, Developers Will Have To Opt OAuth

Twitter has announced to end support for basic authorization by June 30, 2010. Developers have been asked to switch over to OAuth. Continue reading

PasswordCard – Easiest Way To Keep Your Passwords Safe on Paper

A PasswordCard is a credit card-sized card you keep in your wallet, which lets you pick very secure passwords for all websites, without having to remember them. Continue reading