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DNS Forge is a DNS provider based in Germany that promises censorship-free access to the Internet, and a secure and private DNS system with ad-blocking. It looks to me as if news coverage of DNS and technologies associated with it have gone down considerably in recent time. DNS, Domain Name System, is an essential part…
Windows Protected Print Mode (WPP) changes printing on Windows significantly. The main idea is to improve security and make printing convenient. Modern printers work automatically under WPP so that third-party printer drivers are no longer required. There are downsides, especially when it comes to printers that don’t support the functionality. Another downside is that printer…
Email spam is still a great problem on today’s Internet. Most users who have email accounts receive spam regularly. While most of the spam is detected by mail filters, at least when it comes to most providers, there is still enough spam that slips through the cracks. Google launched a new text classifier on Gmail…
This year has seen a fundamental shift on YouTube regarding advertising and adblockers. Not only is YouTube showing popups to some users who use adblockers, to get them to uninstall them or buy YouTube Premium, Google is also working on making adblockers in Chrome less effective. Without going into too many details. Chrome’s system for…
You may have heard it a thousand times already, but here it comes again: protecting accounts with strong and unique passwords, and using a second form of authentication is essential to security. While the main focus seems to be on this recommendation, many guides fail to mention other essentials. One example: while strong passwords and…
Google launched an updated Titan Security Key last week. The new hardware key supports FIDO2, which means that it is compatible with a wide range of services. While you may use it exclusively for Google accounts, you can store up to 250 entries using it. Titan Security Key works similarly to other hardware keys, including…
What would you do, if you were in control of the world’s most used search engine and web browser, and also the world’s largest advertising company? Would you keep things strictly separate, even if it would mean leaving billions of Dollar on the table? Google’s control of advertising, to a large degree at least, and…
Tools like Bing Chat, Windows Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude or Google Bard have seen a rise to prominence this year. These advanced chatbots promise to deliver information to users who chat with them. While you can’t ask them anything, as some content is locked down, you can get answers and information about lots of things. Ask…
Starting with apps in the VPN category, Google’s Play Store is soon highlighting apps with independent security reviews. The company announced the change on the official Google Security blog. Google Android users who visit Google Play to browse for apps may open the data safety section for security and privacy information. There, they will soon…
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….