Mozilla tests a true stealth mode for Firefox
Mozilla wants to make private browsing truly private.
Zach Miners | 15 Aug | Read more
Mozilla wants to make private browsing truly private.
Zach Miners | 15 Aug | Read more
They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. With Nest's motion-sensing camera, that prevention will put a dent in your wallet.
Zach Miners | 08 Aug | Read more
Yahoo said Monday it had removed malware from its advertising network, after malicious code there had gone undetected for at least six days.
Zach Miners | 04 Aug | Read more
The U.S. National Security Agency will lose access to the bulk telephone records data it has collected at the end of November, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced Monday.
Zach Miners | 28 Jul | Read more
A New York judge ruled Tuesday that Facebook has no legal standing to challenge the constitutionality of search warrants served on its users, highlighting the limits to online companies' abilities to protect user privacy.
Zach Miners | 22 Jul | Read more
Microsoft is said to be paying $320 million to acquire Adallom, a Cloud security provider whose services might help Microsoft in its new push toward becoming a "Cloud-first" company.
Zach Miners | 21 Jul | Read more
Newly leaked figures reveal that the vast majority of people who exercised their right to be "forgotten" by Google's services in Europe are everyday members of the public, with just 5 percent of requests coming from criminals, politicians and high-profile public figures.
Zach Miners | 15 Jul | Read more
Privacy concerns might throw a wrench into companies' plans to make Internet-connected devices mainstream fixtures in the home.
Zach Miners | 11 Jul | Read more
Spies working for the U.S. National Security Agency and its British counterpart found anti-virus and security software a hindrance to their intelligence gathering processes, and worked to thwart it, according to a report Monday in The Intercept.
Zach Miners | 23 Jun | Read more
Samsung will update the security software on its Galaxy smartphones to address a flaw that researchers warned could let attackers access people's devices.
Zach Miners | 19 Jun | Read more
Nest Labs, Google's home sensing unit, made its long-awaited move into the home security market on Wednesday when it unveiled Nest Cam.
Zach Miners | 18 Jun | Read more
Twitter, to reduce abusive content on its site, is letting users share lists of the people they block, so they can more easily silence those account holders on their own profiles.
Zach Miners | 11 Jun | Read more
A lawsuit that alleges Yahoo's email scanning practices are illegal can proceed as a class action complaint, a development that will shine the spotlight on the Yahoo Mail use of messages' content for advertising purposes.
Zach Miners | 28 May | Read more
Upon learning of Reddit's plan to change its rules to prohibit harassment and make the site friendlier, some users reacted with resentment and confusion.
Zach Miners | 15 May | Read more
Users are getting greater choice over what information is shared with websites and apps when they log in using their Facebook ID.
Zach Miners | 01 May | Read more