Author: Martin Brinkmann

When I was young, I studied German, History and English at Essen University in Germany. I worked in computer support for several years at the time to help other computer users when they ran into issues. Writing started out as a passion project, as I wanted to help more users and not just the ones that I handled in support. This lead to the founding of Ghacks Technology News in 2005. First, as a side-project, but shortly thereafter as a full-time project as the site's popularity exploded. I sold Ghacks to Softonic some years ago, but stayed on as Editor. You can still read my articles on the site. I do publish on Betanews as well. In recent years, I started to write and publish technology books, including my latest book "Windows 11 From Beginner to Advanced", which is available on Amazon. I'm also a freelance writer for the German publisher Gamestar. Chipp.in is my newest project. I want to use it to talk about my book projects, sell my books directly, and write about technology, as this is what interests me.

How to block Firefox from importing OS Certificate Authorities

Posted on by Martin Brinkmann

Mozilla’s Firefox web browser maintains its own root certificate store by default. The browser uses these as “trust anchors” and the functionality is essential for making sure that only trusted SSL/TLS certificates are used by the browser. Starting in Firefox 120, Firefox will automatically trust operating sysdtem certificates installed by the user or an administrators….

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This uBlock Origin filter blocks IDN attacks in browsers

Posted on by Martin Brinkmann

IDN attacks are a common threat on today’s Internet. IDN stands for Internationalized Domain Name. It refers to domain names that contain one or multiple characters in “non-Latin script or alphabet, or in the Latin alphabet-based characters with diacritics or ligatures”. This enables support for domain names in all languages. German-speaking organizations and users may…

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