democracy "Asterisk of shame" Chrome extension identifies the congressfolk who voted to overturn the election Clive Thompson

Boing Boing Gadgets AdGuard VPN offers five years of private browsing for $35 Boing Boing's Shop

privacy This free VPN is a massive security risk Séamus Bellamy

apps New browser aims to help you browse mindfully Gail Sherman

google Google "purges" uBlock Origin from Chrome Web Store Rob Beschizza

youtube Youtube blocking ad blockers leads to rapid uninstallation of ad blockers-and rapid evolution of the survivors Rob Beschizza

gadgets Deal-tracking browser extensions and apps Rob Beschizza

Boing Boing Gadgets Become a pro coder with this $40 online course bundle while donating to charity Boing Boing's Shop

monopolies A Chrome extension let you bulk-unfollow everyone, until Facebook squashed it Clive Thompson

apple Did I really just switch from Mac to Windows? Mark Frauenfelder

Technology Google removes 106 malicious Chrome extensions with 32M downloads that collect browsing history and sensitive credentials Xeni Jardin

security Browser plugins from Avast and AVG yanked for stealing user data Cory Doctorow

security Whatsapp, Slack, Skype and apps based on popular Electron framework vulnerable to backdoor attacks Cory Doctorow

Business Adblocking: How about nah? Cory Doctorow

surveillance How deceptive browser extensions snaffled up 4m users' browsing history, including Nest videos, medical history and tax returns Cory Doctorow

Business Chrome-derived browsers threaten to fork from Google, refuse to eliminate ad-blocker features Cory Doctorow

web theory Google's API changes mean only paid enterprise users of Chrome will be able to access full adblock Cory Doctorow

web theory Mozilla pulls a popular paywall circumvention tool from Firefox add-ons store Cory Doctorow

security Facebook blames malicious browser plugins for leak of 81,000 users' private messages and offer of account data for 120,000,000 users Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Browser extensions to restore "View Image" and "Search By Image" to Google Image search results Cory Doctorow