Tag: mozilla
  • Sep 13, 2023 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • Cybersecurity, General Privacy News, Online Privacy, Online Security, Surveillance,

Google Built a Surveillance System Into Its Chrome Browser to “Improve Privacy”

Google has announced that its Privacy Sandbox for the Web is now generally available to anyone using Chrome browser. It’s the latest iteration of Google’s efforts to improve online privacy without harming its digital advertising ecosystem, which currently provides around $30 billion of its revenue each year. This blog first wrote about Google’s Privacy Sandbox … Continue reading “Google Built a Surveillance System Into Its Chrome Browser to “Improve Privacy””

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Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: April 23, 2021

Featured: Privacy News Online – Week of April 23, 2021 Privacy organizations call for facial recognition to be regulated or even banned, as police turn to Clearview AI Privacy concerns with facial recognition technology have increased greatly with the appearance of Clearview AI and privacy and human rights organizations have taken notice. In January of … Continue reading “Privacy News Online | Weekly Review: April 23, 2021”

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Privacy Talks | Interview with Tyler Ahn from Mozilla Firefox

This interview first aired on December 4, 2020 Timestamp Links & Questions: [0:48] – Could you tell us a little bit about yourself and the steps in your career that led you to your current position? [2:08] – Now that you are at Firefox, what do you focus on there? [2:40] – Media outlets like TechRadar … Continue reading “Privacy Talks | Interview with Tyler Ahn from Mozilla Firefox”

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  • Dec 10, 2020 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Social Media, Surveillance,

New report shows Google tracks 80% of the Web, with Amazon likely to overtake Facebook as second-worst privacy threat

It’s no secret that practically every Web page we visit is infested with trackers. On its own, that would be bad enough. But most trackers are used in order to aggregate enormous quantities of data. Taken together, these create extremely detailed profiles that reveal many things about us, include some pretty private and intimate ones. … Continue reading “New report shows Google tracks 80% of the Web, with Amazon likely to overtake Facebook as second-worst privacy threat”

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  • Aug 31, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Mozilla study reaffirms that internet history can be used for “reidentification”

A recent research paper has reaffirmed that our internet history can be reliably used to identify us. The research was conducted by Sarah Bird, Ilana Segall, and Martin Lopatka from Mozilla and is titled: Replication: Why We Still Can’t Browse in Peace:On the Uniqueness and Reidentifiability of Web Browsing Histories. The paper was released at … Continue reading “Mozilla study reaffirms that internet history can be used for “reidentification””

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  • Jan 24, 2020 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News,

The Firefox Browser is a privacy nightmare on desktop and mobile

The Firefox Browser is not as private as you may think – especially on iOS and Android. Mozilla recently announced that they would be allowing any Firefox user a means to request Mozilla to delete stored telemetry data that is tied to said user. Mozilla maintains “strict limits” on how long they store this logged … Continue reading “The Firefox Browser is a privacy nightmare on desktop and mobile”

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  • Nov 15, 2019 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News,

At last, some good news for privacy: signs that micro-targeted advertising may be on the way out

At the beginning of this year Privacy News Online wrote about how people were waking up to the dangers of micro-targeted advertising. Despite that, nothing much happened – until now. One reason for the shift is the heightened awareness of the role of social media in politics and elections. Twitter has said it will drop … Continue reading “At last, some good news for privacy: signs that micro-targeted advertising may be on the way out”

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  • Aug 31, 2019 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Surveillance,

Google says: “Privacy is paramount to us, in everything we do”; here’s why that can’t be true

Back in May Mark Zuckerberg proclaimed: the future is private“. Now Google is joining in: Privacy is paramount to us, in everything we do. So today, we are announcing a new initiative to develop a set of open standards to fundamentally enhance privacy on the web. We’re calling this a Privacy Sandbox. As a slogan, … Continue reading “Google says: “Privacy is paramount to us, in everything we do”; here’s why that can’t be true”

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  • Nov 29, 2018 |
  • Jayson Q. |
  • General Privacy News, Guides, Surveillance,

How to clear your cache, cookies and web history in Mozilla Firefox

Your browser contains a lot of information regarding your past history, often innocent but sometimes embarrassing. Luckily it’s very easy to remove your cache, cookies and web history in Firefox simply by following these steps: From the History menu, select Clear Recent History.If the menu bar is hidden, press Alt to make it visible. From … Continue reading “How to clear your cache, cookies and web history in Mozilla Firefox”

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