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Tag Archives: Privacy
Firefox Focus – ‘Privacy gate’, a 2nd view
Here is a second view on the Mozilla iOS Firefox Focus app and the data tracking / privacy issue raised last week. Firefox Focus is advertised as a "privacy browers", but comes with a tracking framework. Data are send to … Continue reading
Firefox privacy settings – what to know
Firefox browser is still popular and well used on desktop systems (Windows, Mac OS, Linux). And the browser provides a lot settings to customize it's behavior. One aspect is the question "how to customize Firefox privacy settings"?
Firefox Focus: The ‘Privacy Browser’ with build in user tracking
[German]Mozilla Foundation started last November shipping Firefox Focus as a privacy browser for iOS devices. But behind the scenes, this iOS app comes with a third-party tracking framework, that sends user tracking data to a big data collecting company. And: … Continue reading
Posted in Android, devices, ios, issue, Security
Tagged Firefox, Firefox Focus, Mobile App, Mozilla, Privacy, Tracking
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Flaw in webinar form reveals Microsoft customers names
[German]Microsoft offers Webinars, online courses held via Internet – that's good. Unfortunately there is a security flaw in a German webinar registration form offered by Microsoft Germany, that reveals the name of Microsoft's customers. And there are "other" stupid things, … Continue reading
Web of Trust harvesting and selling user’s surfing data
Browser add-on Web of Trust (WoT) has been harvesting an selling user's surfing data without anonymising it. After this incident was uncovered, WoT was dropped from Firefox and Google.
Why ISL Online: Critical factors when choosing a remote desktop solution
[Sponsored Post]In the rapidly evolving IT world, choosing the right remote desktop software is critical for organizations that value security, ease of use and reliability. One provider of secure remote access that has been on the market since 2001 is ISL Online, which presents some considerations for choosing such software below. More ...
Yahoo: Mail with build-in NSA scan
Struggling company Yahoo has not only been associated with one of the biggest data breach in history. Yahoo seems also to be an "NSA assistant", helping the U.S. intelligence scanning all incoming E-Mails.
Google accesses browser history for Ads
Google recently has changed it's privacy policy – to be able to access Chrome`s browser history. The browsing data will be used for ad tailoring.
Microsoft has been “served” by French authorities for Windows 10 privacy failings
[German]I've foreseen this for a while: Microsoft's behavior with Windows 10 collides with EU privacy rules and laws. In Germany consumer organizations has files tiff plains against Microsoft for Windows 10 upgrade and also for data collation. Now French authorities … Continue reading
Surveillance: Google collects meta data (phone calls, SMS) from Android phones
[German]It seems that Google has established a surveillance function for Android phones. They are claiming the right, to collect and store meta data from incoming/outgoing phone calls and SMS from Android smartphones.