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1. Instagram says it is not listening to users' microphones to serve ads

   By Karlston, October 2, 2025   

   • instagram
   • 0 comments
   • 385 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 2, 2025

2. Google announces Recovery Contacts: ask your friends and family to help you sign in to your account

   By Karlston, October 15, 2025   

   • google
   • 0 comments
   • 384 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • October 15, 2025

3. Apple patches a zero-day threat in older iPhones, iPads

   By Karlston, September 17, 2025
   • 0 comments
   • 424 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • September 17, 2025

4. uBlock Origin Lite for Safari released for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS

   By Karlston, August 5, 2025   

   • ublock origin lite
   • safari
   • 0 comments
   • 844 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 5, 2025

5. [Update: It was a mistake by the dev] uBlock Origin for Microsoft Edge update changes the extension to uBlock Origin Lite

   By Karlston, August 25, 2025   

   • microsoft edge
   • ublock origin
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • microsoft edge
     • ublock origin
     • ublock origin lite
   • 0 comments
   • 526 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 25, 2025

6. NextDNS adds an option to bypass age verification on websites

   By Karlston, August 16, 2025   

   • nextdns
   • age verification
   • 0 comments
   • 528 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 16, 2025

7. 2FAS Pass: local-first password manager from the makers of 2FAS Auth

   By Karlston, September 3, 2025   

   • password manager
   • 1 comment
   • 555 views
   • 
   • Comment by Quilva
   • September 3, 2025

8. Germany could ban ad blockers, but don't panic, the case hasn't even been decided

   By Karlston, August 19, 2025   

   • ad blockers
   • germany
   • 0 comments
   • 361 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 19, 2025

9. Australian court finds Apple, Google guilty of being anticompetitive

   By Karlston, August 12, 2025   

   • australia
   • apple
   • (and 1 more)

     Tagged with:

     • australia
     • apple
     • google
   • 0 comments
   • 455 views
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   • Added by Karlston
   • August 12, 2025

10. Security researchers uncover network of malicious Firefox extensions

    By Karlston, July 9, 2025   

    • mozilla firefox
    • extensions
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • mozilla firefox
      • extensions
      • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 527 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 9, 2025

11. Apple's iCloud Passwords extension adds support for Firefox

    By Karlston, July 10, 2025   

    • apple
    • mozilla firefox
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • apple
      • mozilla firefox
      • icloud passwords
    • 0 comments
    • 525 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • July 10, 2025

12. Europe just launched DNS4EU, a public DNS resolver with privacy and security options

    By Karlston, June 8, 2025   

    • dns services
    • europe
    • 0 comments
    • 1,320 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 8, 2025

13. Google says hackers used app specific passwords to bypass MFA in a targeted attack

    By Karlston, June 23, 2025   

    • google
    • mfa
    • 0 comments
    • 518 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • June 23, 2025

14. 184 million records data leak: Google, PayPal and Netflix passwords leaked online

    By Karlston, May 26, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 1,065 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • May 26, 2025

15. Report: Gaming Copilot AI is being trained by watching you play games, and it is on by default

    By Karlston, October 24, 2025
    • 0 comments
    • 314 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 24, 2025

16. Gmail: Google plans to end SMS verification in favor of QR codes

    By Karlston, February 24, 2025   

    • gmail
    • verification
    • 1 comment
    • 976 views
    • 
    • Comment by charlien
    • February 24, 2025

17. There is a new PayPal Phishing Scam that you need to know about (using real PayPal emails)

    By Karlston, February 25, 2025   

    • phishing
    • paypal
    • 0 comments
    • 1,054 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • February 25, 2025

18. Google allows advertisers to fingerprint you for even better tracking

    By Karlston, January 13, 2025   

    • google
    • fingerprinting
    • 0 comments
    • 848 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 13, 2025

19. PayPal's data sharing controversy: New setting raises privacy concerns

    By Karlston, October 2, 2024   

    • paypal
    • privacy
    • 0 comments
    • 1,534 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • October 2, 2024

20. If Google disabled uBlock Origin in Chrome, use uBlock Origin Lite, or another browser

    By Karlston, July 13, 2025   

    • google chrome
    • ublock origin
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • google chrome
      • ublock origin
      • manifest v3
    • 2 comments
    • 745 views
    • 
    • Comment by Karlston
    • July 15, 2025

21. Here is another reason why you should never click on ads to download software

    By Karlston, August 2, 2024   

    • ads
    • malware
    • 0 comments
    • 1,192 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • August 2, 2024

22. YouTube on TVs reportedly showing ads even when pausing videos to more users

    By Karlston, September 12, 2024   

    • youtube
    • ads
    • 0 comments
    • 1,541 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • September 12, 2024

23. Windows has an 8-year-old security issue that is exploited and known by Microsoft for some time

    By Karlston, March 19, 2025   

    • windows
    • security issue
    • 0 comments
    • 1,065 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • March 19, 2025

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

    By Karlston, January 16, 2025   

    • bitwarden
    • update
    • 0 comments
    • 1,737 views
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    • Added by Karlston
    • January 16, 2025

25. Seeing Ads on YouTube? Google is testing server-side ads that break adblockers

    By aum, June 13, 2024
    • 0 comments
    • 1,490 views
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    • Added by aum
    • June 13, 2024