“DuckDuckGo is known for its privacy-first commitment to users on iOS, Android, browsers, and soon with its own Mac app. Now, a report puts in check the company’s privacy focus due to a search agreement with Microsoft that let the Redmond company continue tracking users on the platform.”
Deliveries package tracking app loses FedEx access, says blame shipping companies
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Brave is bypassing Google AMP pages because they’re ‘harmful to users’
“Brave announced a new feature for its browser on Tuesday: De-AMP, which automatically jumps past any page rendered with Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages framework and instead takes users straight to the original website.”
How to protect yourself from a SIM-swap attack
“Imagine that you’re sitting at the dinner table, and your phone suddenly comes alive with debit alert after debit alert. You can see the transactions pouring in, and your account balance trickling away, but can do nothing about it.”
T-Mobile adds extra security to port-out process to avoid SIM swapping
“For customers looking to change providers from T-Mobile, there are about to be extra security measures in place. T-Mobile is adding a new security layer to its port-out process, requiring users to create a PIN.”
A hands-on with the ‘new Gmail view’ web redesign: Sidebar woes [Gallery]
“At the start of last week, Google began rolling out the “new view” redesign of Gmail on the web. It has now hit our accounts, and here’s a look at how it works, as well as other details we’ve found while using it this afternoon.”
Why we’re building Shortwave
“Email connected the world, but it lost its magic along the way. We believe it deserves better, and we’re on a mission to bring email up to speed (literally) with modern messaging apps. Email should prioritize people, not advertising.”
Booby-trapped sites delivered potent new backdoor trojan to macOS users
“Researchers have uncovered advanced, never-before-seen macOS malware that was installed using exploits that were almost impossible for most users to detect or stop once the users landed on a malicious website.”
MFA fatigue attacks: Users tricked into allowing device access due to overload of push notifications
“Malicious hackers are targeting Office 365 users with a spare of ‘MFA fatigue attacks’, bombarding victims with 2FA push notifications to trick them into authenticating their login attempts.”