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Reduce the max cookie lifetime from decades to days in Firefox
Improve your privacy by reducing how long Firefox retains cookies. Who needs to store them for decades? Firefox can cap it at a custom interval.
Privacy
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Mozilla celebrates 1M new non-Gecko users
Firefox Focus browser, built on WebKit, for Android has been downloaded 1 million times in a month. Whatever happen to Mozilla’s commitment to GeckoView?
CDN
Embed a JavaScript CDN in your web browser with Decentraleyes
Browser extension mirrors popular JavaScript library content delivery networks locally to improve load-performance and your privacy.
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Private bug trackers leak data on security and other known issues
Many bug tracking software leak information about your organization’s security problems through HTTP referrer headers.
Privacy
Fluxfonts 2.0 for Windows 10
Fluxfonts — the open-source anti-font-fingerprinting program — is now available on Windows. Helps prevent your device from being fingerprinted by trackers.
Advertisement Technology
Stop it with the aggressive remarketing campaigns!
Online marketers are being too aggressive with their remarketing campaigns. Stop pushing low-value goods at a loss!
Privacy
Privacy Badger improves privacy but breaks the web
The EFF’s Privacy Badger extension auto-detects and blocks websites that track you across websites. It also breaks more websites the more you use it.
Privacy
Fluxfonts – font fingerprint cloaking
Protect against device fingerprinting using installed fonts by automatically cycling through a set of randomly installed fonts.
Privacy
Photos on the gay dating app Grindr are by no means private
Grindr doesn’t use HTTPS-encryption allowing network operators and attacker-in-the-middle (AITM) attackers to intercept private pics in the app.
Android
CyanogenMod’s one big advantage over stock Android
An Android competitor has much better security and privacy tools than what you get in the original Android from Google.
Privacy
Do you trust Microsoft with all your passwords?
Windows has become your password manager, but it also syncs all your credentials to Microsoft. Should you trust it with the keys to your digital kingdom?
Privacy
Multiple accounts required to keep Windows private and secure
You shouldn’t use a Windows Administrative account for your everyday use. Setup one basic and one admin account to increase security.