browsers
Browser ‘Favicons’ Can Be Used as Undeletable ‘Supercookies’ to Track You Online
Favicons can break through incognito mode, VPNs, and Pi-holes to track your movement online
Opera Is Launching a Web Browser for Gamers
Opera GX has Twitch integration and automatically limits the amount of RAM and processing power it uses so your games don't crash.
Seriously, Stop Using Flash
It's day five of our digital security tuneup and it's time to banish this internet relic.
Ad Blockers Are Good for Security, Too
On day four of our security tuneup, we recommend installing and ad-blocker...but consider white listing trusted sites!
Millions of Chrome Users Have Installed Malware Posing as Ad Blockers
Andrey Meshkov, the cofounder of ad-blocker AdGuard, took a look at the script in some popular ad-blocking knockoffs and found some shady business.
Firefox’s New Plugin Blocks Facebook from Collecting Users’ Data When They’re Not on the Site
Mozilla, the internet company behind Firefox, has reacted aggressively to the Facebook data scandal, including introduce new user protections and cutting off its advertising on the social media site.
Visiting Random Sites to Confuse Trackers Won’t Protect Your Privacy
Obfuscation won’t likely stop marketers from figuring out your browsing habits.
Ever Wanted to Turn Your Browser Into a Musical Instrument? Now You Can!
The Chrome Music Lab is aiming to turn your browser into a fully functioning experimental music studio.
You Don’t Have to Be a Privacy Wonk to Appreciate Ghostery 6.0
In an exclusive interview with Motherboard, the team behind Ghostery explains how it re-designed its browser extension for a more mainstream audience.
Safari Is Now The Only Major Browser That Offers ‘Do Not Track’ on iOS
Chrome just disabled ‘Do Not Track’ after switching to a new iOS API platform.
Watch an Algorithm Make a Music Video In Your Web Browser
It pulsates with different, trippy computer-generated polygons each time.