Why blocking ads is good for your digital health

Categories: Personal

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We take a look at why blocking adverts and tracking is one of the best things you can do to keep your devices healthy.

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Google to pay $40m for “deceptive and unfair” location tracking practices

Categories: Personal

Tags: Google

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We take a look at a case where Google is agreeing to pay $40m as a result of disclosure related to location tracking issues.

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Google delays Chrome third party cookie sunsetting…again

Categories: Privacy

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We take a look at the second delay to Google’s intended sunsetting of third party cookies in Chrome, along with the reason why.

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Google delays Chrome third party cookie sunsetting…again

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 15:49:14 +0000

We take a look at the second delay to Google’s intended sunsetting of third party cookies in Chrome, along with the reason why.

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Facebook gets round tracking privacy measure by encrypting links

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 14:35:37 +0000

Facebook is reportedly switching out click identifiers for encryption, making it harder (if not impossible) to strip tracking from the URL.

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Firefox stops advertisers tracking you as you browse, calls itself the most “private and secure major browser”

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2022 14:21:00 +0000

Mozilla has launched its Total Cookie Protection addition to Firefox for users worldwide. What does it do?

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