Dec 23, 2022Ravie LakshmananEncryption / Privacy / Browser The developers behind the Brave open-source web browser have revealed a new privacy-preserving data querying and retrieval system called FrodoPIR. The idea, the company said, is to use the technology to build out a wide range of use cases such as safe browsing, scanning passwords against breached databases, … [Read more...] about New Privacy-Focused Database Querying System
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Google Proposes ‘Privacy Sandbox’ to Develop Privacy-Focused Ads
Google today announced a new initiative—called Privacy Sandbox—in an attempt to develop a set of open standards that fundamentally enhances privacy on the web while continuing to support a free, open and democratic Internet through digital advertisements.A lot of websites on the Internet today, including The Hacker News, rely on online advertisements as their primary source of … [Read more...] about Google Proposes ‘Privacy Sandbox’ to Develop Privacy-Focused Ads
Apple Launches Privacy-Focused ‘Sign in with Apple ID’ Feature at WWDC 2019
Just like 'login with Google,"http://thehackernews.com/"login with Facebook,' Twitter, LinkedIn or any other social media site, you would now be able to quickly sign-up and log into third-party websites and apps using your Apple ID.What's the difference? Well, Apple claims that signing-in with Apple ID would protect users' privacy by not only disclosing their actual email … [Read more...] about Apple Launches Privacy-Focused ‘Sign in with Apple ID’ Feature at WWDC 2019