Apple, Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft are working on a benchmark called Interop 2022. It aims to help make developing for the web easier.
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Mozilla VPN for Mobile, Desktop Adds Multi-Account Containers
The Mozilla VPN for desktop and mobile has been recently updated with a couple of new features. Multi-Account Containers and multiple hops.
Mozilla 'Pixel Hunt 'Study Aims to Track Facebook Tracking You
Mozilla is launching a study called Facebook Pixel Hunt. The goal is to track Facebook tracking around the web.
According to its own privacy policy, Facebook may collect information about you across the web even if you don’t have a Facebook account. One way Facebook performs this tracking is through a network of “pixels” that may be installed on many of the sites you visit. By joining this study, you will help Rally and The Markup investigate and report on where Facebook is tracking you and what kind of information they are collecting.
Mozilla New Home Page and Other Features for Firefox Mobile
Mozilla updated its Firefox browser for Android and iOS, bringing a new home page, recent searches grouped by topic, and other features.
Based on user feedback we designed the new Firefox homepage and organized it in a way that helps you jump right back into what you care more about, saving you time and headspace, and removing the visual clutter that can often leave us feeling overwhelmed.
Security Friday: Privacy Not Included – TMO Daily Observations 2021-10-01
Andrew Orr joins host Kelly Guimont to discuss Security Friday news including Mozilla’s product guide and an AirTag attack.
Mozilla Adds Facebook Messenger, Houseparty, and WeChat to 'Privacy Not Included' Guide
In a review of the privacy features of 21 popular video call apps, Mozilla said Apple’s FaceTime is safe, while WeChat, Houseparty, and Facebook Messenger are not.
Says Jen Caltrider, *Privacy Not Included Lead at Mozilla: Video call apps are now a routine part of millions of people’s lives. And even when the pandemic recedes, that won’t change. In this new world, people deserve to know if the apps they’re using everyday respect their privacy — or if they’re snooping on them. While video call apps may feel more intimate than social media platforms, there’s still a ton of data being collected, stored, and shared. For that reason, users should assume that anything they say on a video call app could be made public.
Why are Hyperlinks Blue? An In-Depth Analysis of Web History
A new blog post from Mozilla asks the question, why are hyperlinks blue? It’s a fascinating deep dive into the history of the web.
Firefox 91 Update Lets You Fully Erase Your Browser History
Mozilla’s latest update to Firefox, version 91, offers enhanced cookie clearing when a user deletes their browser history.
When you decide to tell Firefox to forget about a website, Firefox will automatically throw away all cookies, supercookies and other data stored in that website’s “cookie jar”. This “Enhanced Cookie Clearing” makes it easy to delete all traces of a website in your browser without the possibility of sneaky third-party cookies sticking around.
YouTube Regrets: Mozilla Studies the Tech Giant’s Video Algorithm
The Mozilla Foundation has released a report on how YouTube’s video recommendation algorithm affects its users by collecting stories in 2019.
Mozilla VPN Expands to Seven More Countries, Increases Price
Mozilla has added seven additional countries to its VPN service, and raises the price for new users.
Mozilla’s virtual private network (VPN) service has arrived in seven more countries, including Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland.
It will honor the $4.99 a month price for customers from the US, Canada, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, and New Zealand, who signed up already. But from now on that price will only be available for customers who sign up for a year. Otherwise the fee rises to $7.99 a month for a six month deal or $9.99 for a month of access.