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1. Brave Browser gets language and font fingerprinting privacy protections

   By Karlston, April 5, 2022   

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   • 1,420 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • April 5, 2022

2. Brave confirms it will support Manifest V2 extensions like uBlock Origin even after Chrome drops them

   By Karlston, September 29, 2022   

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   • 1,726 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 29, 2022

3. Brave joins Mozilla in declaring Google's First-Party Sets feature harmful to privacy

   By Karlston, May 23, 2022   

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   • 1,114 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 23, 2022

4. Brave integrates privacy friendly translate option in its browser

   By Karlston, September 22, 2022   

   • brave browser
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   • 1,371 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 22, 2022

5. Brave partners with Guardian to bring a paid VPN and Firewall to its browser

   By Karlston, May 29, 2022   

   • brave browser
   • vpn
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     • vpn
     • firewall
   • 0 comments
   • 1,294 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • May 29, 2022

6. Proton VPN Rolls Out Three Important Anti-Censorship Updates

   By aum, August 6, 2024
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   • 969 views
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   • Added by aum
   • August 6, 2024

7. Belgium legalises ethical hacking: a threat or an opportunity for cybersecurity?

   By aum, May 7, 2023
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   • 1,135 views
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   • Added by aum
   • May 7, 2023

8. China Accuses US of 'Tens of Thousands' of Cyberattacks

   By aum, September 5, 2022
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   • 1,067 views
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   • Added by aum
   • September 5, 2022

9. Intel® Converged Security and Management Engine Version Detection Tool (Intel® CSMEVDT)

   By B2gfserwe, September 13, 2022
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   • 1,299 views
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   • Added by B2gfserwe
   • September 13, 2022

10. OpenSubtitles Hacked, 7 Million Subscribers’ Details Leaked Online

    By Karlston, January 19, 2022
    • 3 comments
    • 2,048 views
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    • Comment by xxvv
    • February 5, 2022

11. Early tests show Apple’s Private Relay feature does not live up to speed promises

    By Karlston, June 10, 2021   

    • apple
    • privacy
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    • 1,959 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 10, 2021

12. Cyber Ratings report: Microsoft Edge offers better malware and phishing protection

    By Karlston, December 17, 2021
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    • 1,684 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • December 17, 2021

13. Mozilla is rolling out Total Cookie Protection to more Firefox users

    By Karlston, May 27, 2022   

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    • tracking cookies
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    • 1,224 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 27, 2022

14. The differences between Windows account PINs and passwords

    By Karlston, August 8, 2022   

    • windows
    • pins
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      • passwords
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    • 1,448 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 8, 2022

15. Network access to Pakistan’s top fed agency FBR sold on Russian forum

    By aum, August 16, 2021
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    • 1,247 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 16, 2021

16. AT&T breach? ShinyHunters selling AT&T database with 70 million SSN

    By aum, August 20, 2021
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    • 1,321 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 20, 2021

17. A UK recruitment firm exposed sensitive applicants data for months

    By mood, May 23, 2021   

    • sensitive data
    • misconfigured
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    • 1,681 views
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    • Added by mood
    • May 23, 2021

18. 23 Android apps caught leaking sensitive data of 100 million users

    By mood, May 22, 2021   

    • misconfigured
    • sensitive data
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    • 1,884 views
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    • Added by mood
    • May 22, 2021

19. How to disable Lock Screen ads on Windows 11

    By Karlston, October 14, 2023   

    • windows 11
    • lock screen
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      • lock screen
      • ads
    • 1 comment
    • 2,380 views
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    • Comment by Kalju
    • October 14, 2023

20. 2021 looks to become another record year for the DuckDuckGo search engine

    By Karlston, June 17, 2021   

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    • 1,804 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 17, 2021

21. Microsoft Power Apps misconfiguration exposes 38 million data records

    By aum, August 23, 2021
    • 0 comments
    • 1,249 views
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    • Added by aum
    • August 23, 2021

22. Overseas hacker group hits email system of Chinese university

    By aum, June 22, 2022
    • 0 comments
    • 1,200 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 22, 2022

23. Android 16 February 2026 Security Update Ships With Almost Nothing Fixed

    By Karlston, February 4   

    • google
    • android 16
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      • android 16
      • security update
    • 0 comments
    • 390 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 4

24. Is Gmail’s New AI Watching You? What Gemini Really Does - and How to Turn It Off

    By Karlston, January 29
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    • 286 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 29

25. Microsoft Confirms It Can Share Windows 11 BitLocker Keys With Law Enforcement

    By Karlston, January 24
    • 3 comments
    • 399 views
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    • Comment by BioHazard
    • January 25