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Chrome Extension Tracking User’s Activities
According to a discussion on Reddit, a Chrome extension “Smooth Gestures” was found tracking user’s activities. Continue reading
Think Twice Before Installing Any Chrome Extension
Chrome extension Awesome Screenshot manipulates Google’s search result pages and inserts Amazon affiliate links without user’s permission. Continue reading
Facebook Gets Full HTTPS Support
Facebook has announced full support for HTTPS, which is now available for all pages of the #1 social networking website. Earlier, only login pages had this feature, which makes using Facebook much secured. Continue reading
Proposal For Opting-out of Behavioral Ads From Mozilla (and Google?)
According to this proposal, users will be allowed to set a browser preference to disable the OBA, and this information will be sent to websites using HTTP header. Continue reading
Hardware Acceleration And HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) in Firefox 4
Mozilla today released another beta version of Firefox. This release, Firefox 4 beta 5 has the Direct2D acceleration activated by default for Windows Vista/7. This Hardware acceleration feature makes page-drawing operations faster. 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
