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Twitter is testing a way to prevent its iOS app's users from taking screenshots. It wants them to share links to the tweet.

What do wedding venues and malware have in common? I got to spend my weekend investigating them. A short post about interesting malware, and lessons learned.

The Internet is full of Ads and Trackers. And a way to avoid those is to simply not reach the stinky servers. This can be partially done using a local DNS resolver. This article is a reboot of both the 2019 Blocking Ads using unbound on OpenBSD and Storing unbound logs into InfluxDB posts ; hopefully improved.

Google plans to transition to a new extension platform for its browser called Manifest V3 — the current version, Manifest V2, will leave with Chrome starting

Google has detailed how its Manifest V3 extension platform will roll out starting in January 2023 — and it could be bad news for ad blockers.

Next year, users of ad blockers and browser privacy tools may find their favorite Google Chrome extensions have stopped working, thanks to significant

Brave will let you block annoying cookie consent notifications in an upcoming version of the browser. Users will be asked if they want to block these notifications at the browser's first start.

Brave says it will support some Manifest V2 extensions even after Chrome drops them. This could include the likes of uBlock Origin.

Google Chrome 88 introduced the Manifest V3 API for extensions, which not only significantly changes how some extensions work, but also will be mandatory soon. Google has now shared an updated timeline for the switch.

Vivaldi claims that its ad blocker will continue working even after changes in Manifest V3. But can it replace uBlock Origin?