Category: tls

Russian hackers modify Chrome and Firefox to track secure web traffic

Post author By Randall
Post date October 6, 2019
Categories In chrome, encryption, firefox, gear, Google, Internet, mozilla, reductor, Russia, Security, surveillance, Tech, tls, turla

[ad_1] Just why the intruders would need to do that isn’t entirely clear. If you’ve infected a system with a remote control trojan, you don’t need to patch the browser to spy on traffic. ZDNet suggested it might be a failsafe that let intruders spy on traffic for people who remove the trojan, but aren’t […]

Google faces scrutiny from Congress, DOJ over plans to encrypt DNS

Post author By Randall
Post date September 29, 2019
Categories In antitrust, chrome, congress, department of justice, dns, dns over tls, doj, encryption, firefox, gear, Google, house of representatives, Internet, justice department, mozilla, Politics, Privacy, regulation, Security, Tech, tls

[ad_1] The House sent a letter on September 13th asking if Google would use data handled through the process for commercial purposes. Google has maintained that its Chrome tweaks would give users control over who shares their info, and that it won’t force people to switch to encrypted DNS. That likely won’t allay telecoms’ fears. […]