HTTP Nowhere for Firefox blocks all but encrypted traffic

Wednesday, August 28th, 2013

Protecting your privacy online is a hot topic right now, with PRISM looming over the heads of all Internet users. But even if you take PRISM aside, there is a drive towards privacy on the Internet. One of the things that users need to be aware of is the difference between ...

Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer Officially Out of Beta

Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

Adblock Plus, the #1 most popular browser extension for blocking annoying online advertisements, today confirmed that Adblock Plus for Internet Explorer (IE) is officially out of beta and available for download worldwide. Adblock Plus for IE is an add-on for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser which adds functions that Internet Explorer’s built-in tracking protection ...

The Pirate Bay releases censorship-thwarting browser

Tuesday, August 13th, 2013

The operators of The Pirate Bay, one of the most (in)famous piracy sites on the Internet, have decided to celebrate the site's 10th anniversary by releasing a web browser that allows users to access TPB or other sites censored in their country. "PirateBrowser is a bundle package of the Tor client ...

Chrome-saved passwords in plain text not a flaw, according to Google

Wednesday, August 7th, 2013

Go into the password section in Google Chrome's settings panel and you can see that the popular web browser displays saved passwords in plain text. Many consider this a flaw – but not Google. Software developer Elliott Kember may not be the first one to realize this, but he learned about ...

TOR Project: Stop using Windows, disable JavaScript

Tuesday, August 6th, 2013

The TOR Project is advising that people stop using Windows after the discovery of a startling vulnerability in Firefox that undermined the main advantages of the privacy-centered network. The zero-day vulnerability allowed as-yet-unknown interlopers to use a malicious piece of JavaScript to collect crucial identifying information on computers visiting some websites ...