Spyware in Windows, Chrome, Firefox
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More ads in Windows 11 Start Menu could be last straw for some
Microsoft is looking for user feedback on ads it's putting into the Windows 11 Start Menu for its products and services. If responses on Reddit is any indication, the response hasn't been great.
The software vendor has for months been playing around with putting ads – or at least in the case of the Start Menu, notifications – about its services in the operating system as well as the Bing search engine, PCs, and other products.
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Top 10 Chrome extensions for web developers
For programmers who want to increase productivity and delivery a high-quality product in the shortest amount of time, here are the top 10 Chrome extensions web developers need to install:
Lighthouse. JSONView. Awesome Screen Recorder. EditThisCookie. Test IE. Lorem Ipsum Generator. Octotree. WindowResizer. Accessibility Insights for Web. Vimium.
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Firefox may soon reject Cookie prompts automatically
Mozilla is working on a new usability feature in its open source Firefox web browser that can automate interactions with so-called Cookie banners on websites.
Most websites on the Internet display cookie banners to users. Certain regulations, like the GDPR, the General Data Protection Regulation, by the European Union, require that sites get consent for placing cookies and data on user devices.
There are numerous different cookie dialogs that users get when they visit websites. From straightforward allow or decline prompts to prompts that provide a great deal of customization or dark patterns.