Google Targeting Deceptive Install Tactics for Chrome Extensions
Google has announced that they will be removing extensions from the Chrome Web Store that are installed using misleading and deceptive installation tactics. This is being done to further protect Chrome users from the unending barrage of unwanted extensions being promoted online. […]
Google Accused of Trying to Patent Public Domain Technology
A Polish academic is accusing Google of trying to patent technology he invented and that he purposely released into the public domain so companies like Google couldn’t trap it inside restrictive licenses. The technology’s name is Asymmetric Numeral Systems (ANS) [1, 2], a family of entropy coding methods that Polish assistant professor Jarosław (Jarek) Duda […]
Google Chrome Will Soon Warn You of Software That Performs MitM Attacks
Google Chrome 63 will include a new security feature that will detect when third-party software is performing a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack that hijacks the user’s Internet connection. A MitM attack is when an application installed on a user’s computer or a local network intercepts the user’s web traffic. For the party performing the MitM attack, […]
