Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Mozilla.
Firefox 83 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday and will come with a new security feature designed to load all websites using HTTPS. The feature is called "HTTPS-Only-Mode." If the loading does not go through, an error message on the sites that only support the older and less secure HTTP protoc... Read more
3 years ago
Userprofiles are used in identifying and re-identifying users as they browse the internet. A study presented at the Usenix Security conference states that a short list of browsing history is enough for advertisers to profile you. They do not need to have a long list of everything you have looked at... Read more
4 years ago
Mozilla announced that the Mozilla VPN, formerly known as Firefox Private Network, will exit the beta stage in the coming weekend and will be rolled out later this summer. Initially, Mozilla rolled out its VPN as a browser extension for Firefox only, but later on, the company expanded ... Read more
4 years ago
Browser extensions have been around for years now, both Chrome, Firefox and Safari support browser extensions. Since a few weeks, Microsoft Edge joined as they switched to Chromium, the same browser engine as Google Chrome. The number of security issues, fraud reports and privacy risks with browser... Read more
4 years ago
Mozilla has transferred its Thunderbird e-mail client to another company, a subsidiary called MZLA Technologies Corporation. From this company, Thunderbird should become a commercially attractive product that will generate money. Mozilla emphasizes that Thunderbird will also remain open source a... Read more
4 years ago
With Firefox 72, Mozilla focuses primarily on ensuring the privacy of browser users. The most important feature that the update brings is the standard blocking of fingerprint scripts that collect data without permission. At the end of last year, Mozilla already announced that it wants to prohibi... Read more
4 years ago
NextDNS becomes the second DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) provider in Firefox, after Cloudflare. With DoH, Internet users can hide their DNS requests and bypass Internet blockages. To become part of Firefox, NextDNS had to prove that it stores as little data as possible, is transparent about that data, an... Read more
4 years ago
Facebook, Cloudflare and the Mozilla Foundation have been collaborating to advance Transport Layer Security (TLS). Strengthening web security Individually, the companies released updates regarding security protocol Delegated Credentials. The new TLS protocol aims to strengthen web security an... Read more
4 years ago
A trading group of British internet service providers (ISPs) has nominated Mozilla for Internet villain of 2019. The reason is that the company proposes to introduce DNS over HTTPS (DoH). It bypasses content blockers. The trading group, ISPA, consists of more than two hundred members, including BT, ... Read more
5 years ago
Mozilla has announced that it will no longer accept Firefox extensions that contain hidden code. The measure is part of the renewed add-on policy, which will take effect on 10 June. That's what The Next Web says. Caitlin Neiman, Add-ons Community Manager at Mozilla, informs you that Mozilla will con... Read more
5 years ago
