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The developers of the anonymizer Tor Browser have released a new version for all supported operating system. The big feature in this release is the introduction of Connection Assist on Android. The feature, which has been available in Tor Browser for desktop operating systems for quite some time, aims to help users establish a connection…
Rufus, one of my favorite open source tools, is now available in a new version. Rufus 4.7 is a security release that includes new features and non-security fixes. The developer fixed a side-loading vulnerability in the application that allowed an attacker to load a malicious DLL with escalated privileges. For this to work, the attacker…
Google announced support for end-to-end encrypted emails on Gmail for organizations and later this year for end users last week. This allows Gmail users to encrypt emails so that only the recipient can read them. Gmail is far from being the first email provider to offer such a feature. Proton Mail, for instance, supported end-to-end…
A new version of the password manager KeePass for Windows is now available. KeePass 2.58 is the first release of the password manager in 2025. The last version, KeePass 2.57.1, was released in October 2024. The update is a smaller one. It introduces a few minor features and changes. Good news is that no security…
Google has been hard at work to establish Manifest V3 as the new and only set of rules for Chrome extensions. Report suggest that Google has shifted the process into a higher gear and is disabling classic extension support for more Chrome users. The effect is the following: any extension that is not compatible with…
There is certainly no shortage of tweaking tools for Microsoft’s Windows 11 operating system. If I had to guess, Windows 11 is probably the Microsoft operating system with the largest number of programs of this kind ever. Serial developer Belim has created a new tool. It is a bit difficult to keep track of all…
Google is apparently testing a new privacy feature in Chrome that blocks third-party cookies by default in the browsers Incognito mode. While that is great that Google is introducing the change, most Internet users may want to take matters into their own hands instead. Why not block third-party cookies altogether? Yes, there is a tiny-tiny…
Browser extensions are great. They improve usability and functionality on the Internet. From blocking ads and tracking over creating screenshots to improving password management or games. All extensions come with a manifest file. This file defines rights and permissions. One of these sets the websites the extension is designed to run on. This can be…
VPN services offer an excellent way to improve privacy while online. To be precise, good VPN services do, while bad ones either leak your data or sell it outright. Mullvad is considered to be one of the best when it comes to online privacy. The Sweden-based provider gets audited by third-parties regularly and offers several…
Using a VPN makes sense in a lot of situations. To protect your data when using networks that you do not have full control over, to protect your data from being sold by your ISP, or to access content that would be blocked otherwise. Services and ISPs may use filters to limit the use of…