[ad_1] The aim is to increase awareness of the pervasiveness of tracking, as if you didn’t already know. However, it might be interesting to see exactly who is tracking you to avoid particularly skeevy sites. You can turn the setting on globally from the “easy setup” menu and then toggle it on or off from […]
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Chrome may shame slow-loading sites with ‘speed badging’
[ad_1] One of the key focuses of the Chrome Developer Summit this year is speeding up the web, and that includes offering developers tools to help their sites and web apps load quicker. Labeling sluggish sites might prompt developers to take advantage of such tools. The idea is to flag when sites are designed in […]
Chrome web apps will soon tout desktop-like speed
[ad_1] Web Bundles are available now through an experimental flag in Chrome, while background syncing and content indexing are only available as “origin trials.” Other updates are more about offering native-like features. An SMS Receiver allows text-base two-factor authentication for secure sign-ins, while a contact picker and a native file system framework respectively help you […]
Microsoft’s new Edge logo erases bad memories of Internet Explorer
[ad_1] Now that Microsoft Edge has a new Chromium-powered engine, the company is ready to give the browser a fresh look to match. In the wake of an Easter egg hunt, the software giant has revealed a redesigned, ocean wave-inspired logo for Edge that bears precious little resemblance to the Internet Explorer-inspired icon of old. […]
Safari in iOS sends some Safe Browsing data to Tencent
[ad_1] The concern, as you might imagine, revolves over what Tencent might do with that data. Both Google and Tencent may log IP addresses in order for their anti-phishing systems to work, but Tencent’s frequent cooperation with the Chinese government raises concerns that its data could be used for surveillance or other nefarious ends. Johns […]
Opera’s stricter privacy controls could also speed up your web browsing
[ad_1] The blocker depends on the EasyPrivacy Tracking Protection List, which covers a host of known tracker scripts. It’s not automatically determining which trackers are the offensive ones. There are some functional upgrades beyond this, we’d add. An upgraded Snapshot lets you save sites as PDFs, capture screenshots of the entire page and crop specific […]
Chrome will block HTTP content from loading on secure sites
[ad_1] According to Google, Chrome users now spend over 90 percent of their browsing time on HTTPS on all major platforms. But it’s common for those secure pages to load insecure HTTP subresources. Many of those subresources are blocked by default, but some sneak in as images, audio and video, or “mixed content.” That mixed […]
Firefox will encrypt web domain name requests by default
[ad_1] Not every request will use HTTPS. Mozilla is relying on a “fallback” method that will revert to your operating system’s default DNS if there’s either a specific need for them (such as some parental controls and enterprise configurations) or an outright lookup failure. This should respect the choices of users and IT managers who […]
Apple Music comes to browsers today with a beta web player
[ad_1] The browser-based player includes “a core set of features” at the outset. For now, you can search for and play any song in the Apple Music catalog, as well as tunes from your library if you’ve set up the Sync Library option on other devices. You can also access your playlists and the various […]
Chrome protects high-profile hacking targets against risky downloads
[ad_1] The addition is an acknowledgment that attackers are more likely to skip email in favor of the web, whether it’s linking directly to bad files or “drive-bys” that try to send a file your way without asking. The timing may be apt. Malware creators are finding more and more ways to start downloads without […]