MIT Technology Review
Fearing the loss of Internet users in some of the world’s poorest and most oppressed regions, technology providers Facebook and CloudFlare are calling for a gentler shift to a new Web encryption standard that will protect everything from social media websites to online transactions.
Beginning on January 1, browsers will begin blocking access to websites that use what’s known as the SHA-1 algorithm, with the goal of replacing it with its successor, SHA-2, by 2017. Facebook and CloudFlare, which provides security and speedy connections for Web pages, would like to allow users with SHA-2-incompatible devices to continue using SHA-1, while still sunsetting SHA-1 for the rest of the world.
Apple currently requires all iOS web browsers to use WebKit, the engine that powers its Safari browser. This policy is widely regarded as anti-competitive,
The Adrozek malware is circulating since May 2020 and was discovered across more than 30,000 devices daily at the time of its peak spread this summer
Hide notifications popup will automatically be blocked in Chrome 80, which will be released in February 2020. We explained how you can do this in the browser.
