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My practical approach to surfing the web safely

Hacker News Top · 2026-09-02 Cached

The author describes their personal method for secure and private web browsing using restricted Firefox with extensions like uBlock Origin and containerization to block ads, trackers, and improve security.

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AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

Hacker News Top · 2026-08-20 Cached

AliExpress employs hidden WebAudio fingerprinting for browser security, which unintentionally breaks Bluetooth multipoint functionality by keeping audio contexts active, as uncovered through technical analysis.

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The Impact of Google's Manifest Version 3 Update on Ad Blocker Effectiveness

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-06-17 Cached

This academic paper empirically investigates whether Google's transition from Manifest V2 to V3 in Chrome reduces ad blocker effectiveness, finding no statistically significant degradation and even slight improvements in anti-tracking for MV3 ad blockers.

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How are people securing vibe-coded agents before they expose customer data?

Reddit r/AI_Agents · 2026-05-17

A security engineer at a B2B tech company seeks advice on preventing data exfiltration from employee-built AI tools ('vibe-coded' agents) using session-level DLP without forcing an enterprise browser, discussing options like browser extensions and agentless SSE solutions such as Red Access.

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