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South Korea is stuck with Internet Explorer for online shopping because of …
Washington Post But South Koreans remain captive to laws passed 14 years ago, which — in the name of Internet security — require citizens to bank and make nearly all purchases with Internet Explorer. Three-quarters of the country's Web usage involves Internet … |
Mozilla has released Lightbeam, a Firefox add-on that aims to help people understand and visualize the data tracking that occurs online.
Lightbeam is the second iteration of an experimental add-on called Collusion, which was a personal project launched by Mozilla software developer Atul Varma. The browser extension creates a real-time graph of all of the tracking cookies being deposited on your browser as you move from site to site. It can distinguish between behavioral tracking cookies and non-behavioral ones. The idea is that users can better understand which sites are using the same behaviorally targeted advertisements (ahem, Criteo).
The tool aims to highlight both the first- and third-party companies that people interact with as they travel across the Web. It shows a map of the websites you visit and highlights the third parties that are also active on those pages. It will analyze the relationships between various first- and third-party sites that are stored in your online data.
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This special Chet Chat is an interview with Robert Slade, author and security expert, on what you can do for your friends and family to help them stay safer for National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
Naked Security – Sophos
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Defense ministry probes cyber command's alleged online smear campaign
Yonhap News SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Yonhap) — South Korea's defense ministry said Tuesday it has launched an investigation into allegations that its Cyber Warfare Command posted online messages in favor of the ruling camp during last year's presidential campaign … Another state agency found interfering in elections |
