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1. Firefox improves advertising tracker blocking in private browsing

   By Karlston, October 6, 2021   

   • firefox
   • tracker blocker
   • 0 comments
   • 1,241 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 6, 2021

2. Firefox is getting a button to Reset Private Browsing Sessions

   By Karlston, October 6, 2023   

   • mozilla firefox
   • private browsing
   • 0 comments
   • 1,329 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 6, 2023

3. Firefox Makes Changes to Add-on Policy to Better Protect Users

   By aum, November 6, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,236 views
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   • Added by aum
   • November 6, 2021

4. Firefox Monitor may remove personal information now from the Internet

   By Karlston, December 6, 2021
   • 0 comments
   • 1,309 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • December 6, 2021

5. Firefox now blocks cross-site tracking by default for all users

   By Karlston, June 14, 2022   

   • firefox
   • tracking
   • 0 comments
   • 1,482 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 14, 2022

6. Firefox now blocks cross-site tracking by default in private browsing

   By Karlston, June 1, 2021   

   • firefox
   • tracking
   • 0 comments
   • 1,964 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • June 1, 2021

7. Firefox now shows ads as sponsored address bar suggestions

   By Karlston, October 7, 2021   

   • firefox
   • ads
   • 0 comments
   • 1,622 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 7, 2021

8. Firefox Relay update brings larger attachment sizes and a filter for promotional emails

   By Karlston, March 12, 2022   

   • firefox relay
   • 0 comments
   • 1,304 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • March 12, 2022

9. Firefox Relay's addition to disposable email blocklist upsets users

   By Karlston, January 17, 2022   

   • firefox
   • 0 comments
   • 1,243 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • January 17, 2022

10. Firefox users slam Mozilla over controversial data privacy update — while ironically using "the biggest data-mining operating system in the world (aka Microsoft Windows)"

    By Karlston, March 5, 2025   

    • mozilla firefox
    • privacy
    • 1 comment
    • 1,296 views
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    • Comment by Mutton
    • March 5, 2025

11. Firefox will block insecure downloads soon by default

    By Karlston, August 13, 2021   

    • firefox
    • 0 comments
    • 1,421 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 13, 2021

12. Firefox’s anti-tracking feature adds per-account VPN for more privacy

    By Karlston, February 2, 2022   

    • firefox
    • 0 comments
    • 1,011 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 2, 2022

13. Firmware vulnerabilities in millions of computers could give hackers superuser status

    By alf9872000, July 21, 2023
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    • 1,401 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • July 21, 2023

14. First American Financial Pays Farcical $500K Fine

    By Karlston, June 18, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,338 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 18, 2021

15. First Bitwarden password manager update of 2025 improves password auto-fill

    By Karlston, January 16, 2025   

    • bitwarden
    • update
    • 0 comments
    • 1,738 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 16, 2025

16. First look at Brave Browser's upcoming Off The Record feature

    By Karlston, May 29, 2023   

    • brave browser
    • 0 comments
    • 1,347 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 29, 2023

17. First look at NordVPN's Threat Protection feature

    By Karlston, April 30, 2022   

    • nordvpn
    • 0 comments
    • 1,184 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • April 30, 2022

18. Five reasons antivirus has gotten worse

    By alf9872000, March 12, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,444 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • March 12, 2024

19. Flaw in Grandstream VoIP phones allows stealthy eavesdropping

    By Karlston, February 19
    • 0 comments
    • 232 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 19

20. Flaw in Kia’s web portal let researchers track, hack cars

    By Karlston, September 27, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,454 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 27, 2024

21. Flood of malicious junk traffic makes Ukrainian websites unreachable

    By Karlston, February 16, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,419 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 16, 2022

22. Florida hospital takes IT systems offline after cyberattack

    By alf9872000, February 3, 2023
    • 0 comments
    • 1,058 views
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    • Added by alf9872000
    • February 3, 2023

23. Florida woman jailed over massive Microsoft "Genuine" Windows & Office activation key fraud

    By Karlston, March 3
    • 0 comments
    • 247 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 3

24. FlyTrap malware hijacks thousands of Facebook accounts

    By Karlston, August 10, 2021   

    • facebook
    • malware
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • facebook
      • malware
      • android
    • 0 comments
    • 1,801 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 10, 2021

25. Following Chrome, Edge gets emergency update for high severity 0-day exploit too

    By Karlston, July 7, 2022   

    • microsoft edge
    • emergency patch
    • 0 comments
    • 1,084 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 7, 2022