World Wide Web

Mozilla Firefox keeps cookies kosher with quarantine scheme, 86s third-party cookies in new browser build

Hey man, are your cookies trackin' me? Take 'em out. You gotta keep 'em separated

Security24 Feb 2021 | 23

Spanish banished: Google Chrome to snub Camerfirma for lax cert management

Mozilla meanwhile wants to continue compliance discussions with security certificate vendor

Security02 Feb 2021 | 4

If my calculations are correct, when Google Chrome hits version 88, you're gonna see some serious... security

Manifest v3 plus JavaScript timer throttling, vuln fixes, FTP killed off, etc

Software19 Jan 2021 | 10

Brave bets on the decentralized web with IPFS browser support for a more peer-to-peer approach

Peer-to-peer protocol promises availability and resilience, but awaits proof of speed and resource thrift

Personal Tech19 Jan 2021 | 16

Facebook tells Portuguese court that a biz called Oink And Stuff makes profile-harvesting browser extensions

Not a machine-generated headline, we swear

Personal Tech17 Jan 2021 | 31

Parler games: Social network for internet rejects sues Amazon Web Services for pulling plug on hosting

Updated And no, Parler wasn't hacked either. Its public posts were simply scraped

SaaS11 Jan 2021 | 141

Google AMP gets a shock to its system as advisor quits, lawsuit claims foul play

No one's AMPing up the love

Software19 Dec 2020 | 42

Google Chrome's crackdown on ad blockers and browser extensions, Manifest v3, is now available in beta

Web advertising giant says it has been working with filter makers, others to 'evolve the platform'

Security10 Dec 2020 | 50

Happy silver jubilee to JavaScript, king of the web at 25 and still hanging on to its crown, for now

Two and a half decades on, JavaScript is everywhere

Software05 Dec 2020 | 64

Google tells Chrome extension devs to declare their code's usage of personal data

Ad biz is serious about making others disclose information collection

Software19 Nov 2020 | 10

Boffins devise early-warning system for fake news: AI fingers domains that look sus

Detecting deceptive websites as soon as they get registered may help reduce the contagion of misinformation

AI + ML12 Nov 2020 | 7

Let's Encrypt warns about a third of Android devices will from next year stumble over sites that use its certs

Updated Expiration of cross-signed root certificates spells trouble for pre-7.1.1 kit... unless they're using Firefox

Security06 Nov 2020 | 38

Deloitte's 'Test your Hacker IQ' site fails itself after exposing database user name, password in config file

Updated Security quiz site created by advisors includes inadvertent bonus round

Security05 Nov 2020 | 28

Brave browser first to nix CNAME deception, the sneaky DNS trick used by marketers to duck privacy controls

Next release will block third-party trackers posing as first-party resources

Personal Tech28 Oct 2020 | 30

Your web browser running remotely in Cloudflare's cloud. That's it. That's the story

Social distancing isn't just for surviving the pandemic – now this internet giant can add it to your browser

SaaS15 Oct 2020 | 20

Global Privacy Control emerges as latest attempt to let netizens choose whether they want to be tracked online

It's Do Not Track II: The Wrath of Ashkan and Sebastian... Caaaaaaaan't you stop stalking us around the internet

Security10 Oct 2020 | 44

It's 2020 so not only is your mouse config tool a Node.JS Electron app, it's also pwnable by an evil webpage

Malicious JavaScript can inject commands to execute

Security30 Sep 2020 | 27

In a world where up is down, it's heartwarming to know Internet Explorer still tops list of web dev pain points

Incompatibilities and inconsistent standards support among browsers ensure an ongoing source of headaches

Software24 Sep 2020 | 22

Open access journals are vanishing from the web, Internet Archive stands ready to fill in the gaps

Diamonds are forever, scholarly articles not so much, it seems

Science10 Sep 2020 | 36

Google Chrome calculates your autoplay settings so you don't have to - others disagree

We'll just let muted videos autoplay on Chrome for Android because publishers can't be stopped

Software08 Sep 2020 | 32

Microsoft: We're getting rid of Flash by the end of the year - except you can still use it

Disabled by default at the end of 2020, but it will linger on like a bad smell

Software04 Sep 2020 | 29

Brave takes brave stand against Google's plan to turn websites into ad-blocker-thwarting Web Bundles

Draft spec reduces pages to inscrutable data blobs, says privacy bod

Software27 Aug 2020 | 95

Chromium devs want the browser to talk to devices, computers directly via TCP, UDP. Obviously, nothing can go wrong

Web security? We've got that totally under control

Software22 Aug 2020 | 161

Mozilla warns more Firefox website breakage to come because devs just aren't checking for SameSite snafus

UK govt portal among those borked

Software06 Aug 2020 | 30

Mozilla doubles down on anti-tracking tech: It'll be tougher for wily ad-biz cookie monsters to track Firefox

Apple still leading in anti-cookie diet, Google – predictably – in the rearguard

Personal Tech04 Aug 2020 | 37

We give up, Progressive Web Apps can track you, says W3C: After 5 years, it decides privacy is too much bother

Updated You lot sort it out

Software31 Jul 2020 | 33

The W3C steers the way the World Wide Web works. Yet it is reluctant to record crucial meetings – and its minutes are incomplete

Ability to debate frankly in private versus right of netizens to know what exactly is discussed

Software22 Jul 2020 | 17

Microsoft Web Live Preview: Hot reload for ASP.NET web applications

New time-saving extension works only with old .NET Framework, for now

Software16 Jun 2020 | 2

No more installing Microsoft's Chromium-centered Edge by hand: Windows 10 will do it for you automatically

Something something pushing us over the Edge

Software04 Jun 2020 | 64

Tor soups up onion sites with bountiful browser bump: No more tears trying to find the secure sites you want

Latest Tor Browser iteration makes the dark web a bit more memorable

Security03 Jun 2020 | 11

Had a bad weekend? Probably, if you're a Sectigo customer, after root cert expires and online chaos ensues

Web sites and services tied to older versions of OpenSSL and GnuTLS have been dropping like flies

Security02 Jun 2020 | 20

Remember when Republicans said Dems hacked voting systems to rig Georgia's election? There were no hacks

'No evidence of damage to network or computers, no evidence of theft, damage, or loss of data'

Security29 May 2020 | 90

FYI: There are thousands of Chrome extensions with so, so many fake installations to trick you into using them

Unethical developers drum up bogus user counts to gain trust

Software28 May 2020 | 14

Meet ScrAPIr, MIT's Swiss army-knife for non-coders to shake data out of APIs (It's useful for pro devs, too)

A simpler alternative to site slurping

Devops21 May 2020 | 5

Google rolls out pro-privacy DNS-over-HTTPS support in Chrome 83... with a handy kill switch for corporate IT

Plus: Web giant hears developers' extension concerns, ignores them

Software20 May 2020 | 51

Better late than never... Google Chrome to kill off 'tiny' number of mobile web ads that gobble battery, CPU power

Could have done with this years ago to stave off rise of advert blockers but fine, OK, whatever, now it's coming

Personal Tech14 May 2020 | 34

FYI: Your browser can pick up ultrasonic signals you can't hear, and that sounds like a privacy nightmare to some

High-frequency audio could be used to stealthily track netizens

Security07 May 2020 | 53

Quibi, JetBlue, Wish, others accused of leaking millions of email addresses to ad orgs via HTTP referer headers

From URL to UR-Hell

Security30 Apr 2020 | 8

Forget tabs – the new war is commas versus spaces: Web heads urged by browser devs to embrace modern CSS

Comma, comma, comma, comma, comma coloring ban. You come and go, you come and go...

Software24 Apr 2020 | 164

Stripe is absolutely logging your mouse movements on websites' payment pages – for your own good, says CEO

Online transaction biz intends to clarify its analytics harvesting habit

Security22 Apr 2020 | 26

Google calls a halt on Chrome 82, but the version 83 beta has arrived early – so it's coding and bug finding time ahead

Plus some interesting new side-channel attack possibilities for crims to play with

Software17 Apr 2020 | 8

As Amazon's stock price soars and Bezos adds to his billions, affiliates face massive cuts in their commissions

Times are hard...for you at least

Personal Tech15 Apr 2020 | 22

You can wipe those smiley faces off: Unicode technical website is going to be out for 'a couple of weeks'

Data center snafu borks site because of...something

Software14 Apr 2020 | 30

Google changes course, proposes proprietary in-app purchase API as web standard

Developers rejoice, there may be (eventually) a store-agnostic way to sell in-application items

Software02 Apr 2020 | 7

Apple: Relax, we're not totally screwing web apps. But yes, third-party cookies are toast

Sure, we'll delete local data after seven days but there's a way to avoid that

Software26 Mar 2020 | 10

Watching you, with a Vue to a Kill: Wikimedia developers dismiss React for JavaScript makeover despite complaints

Facebook's popular frontend framework can't escape its heritage

Software20 Mar 2020 | 30

Google: You know we said that Chrome tracker contained no personally identifiable info? Yeah, about that...

Updated Chocolate Factory clarifies its header for monitoring browser field trials following The Register report

Security11 Mar 2020 | 78

World Wide Web's Sir Tim swells his let's-remake-the-internet startup with Bruce Schneier, fellow tech experts

Inrupt promises a pro-privacy solution to managing, protecting personal data

Networks24 Feb 2020 | 44

Google burns down more than 500 private-data-stealing, ad-defrauding Chrome extensions installed by 1.7m netizens

Malvertising campaign makes big bucks for online criminals

Security14 Feb 2020 | 27

Google's second stab at preserving both privacy and ad revenue draws fire

With PIGIN skewered, take a look at this lovely TURTLEDOVE

Personal Tech10 Feb 2020 | 31

Google Chrome to block file downloads – from .exe to .txt – over HTTP by default this year. And we're OK with this

'I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't fetch that document'

Security07 Feb 2020 | 129

Brave, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla gather together to talk web privacy... and why we all shouldn't get too much of it

Enigma Browser makers keep coming back to the need to please advertisers

Software29 Jan 2020 | 105

Microsoft's on Edge and you could be, too: Chromium-based browser exits beta – with teething problems

Redmond loves Linux so much this Internet-Explorer-replacement is for Windows, macOS only right now

Software15 Jan 2020 | 51

Stack Overflow makes peace with ousted moderator, wants to start New Year with 2020 vision on codes of conduct

Q&A biz admits mistakes, promises more discreet public communication

Software02 Jan 2020 | 85

You had one job, Cupertino: Apple's Intelligent Tracking Protection actually gets tracking protection

Gap in browser privacy tech embarrassingly detected by Google

Security12 Dec 2019 | 10

WebAssembly gets nod from W3C and, most likely, an embrace from cryptojackers online

Standardization of wasm for the web offers a new take on the same old problems

Devops06 Dec 2019 | 75