#WebBrowsers , Web, #UNIX , and Standards • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161652 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines

"Mozilla has released security updates to address vulnerabilities in Firefox and Firefox ESR. An attacker could exploit some of these vulnerabilities to take control of an affected system." #webbrowsers gives FAR too much power/controlled to any random Web site (Microsoft/Windows mentality) https://us-cert.cisa.gov/ncas/current-activity/2022/02/08/mozilla-releases-security-updates-firefox-and-firefox-esr

#WebBrowsers: Tor Browser, Firefox, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/161220 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines

● NEWS ● #JamesG #WebBrowsers ☞ What could a browser be? https://jamesg.blog/2022/02/03/what-could-a-browser-be/

What could a browser be? | James' Coffee Blog

● NEWS ● #AndreAlvesGarzia #WebBrowsers ☞ Unable to login to HN from Firefox, a lovecraftian tale. https://andregarzia.com/2022/02/unable-to-login-to-hn-from-firefox-a-lovecraftian-tale.html

Here’s A List Of Best #WebBrowsers For Linux [2022 Edition] Check Now! • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/160879 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines

Lawsuit filed alleging Google is paying Apple to stay out of the search business

The complaint charges that Google and Apple agreed that Apple would not compete in the internet search business against Google. The complaint claims that the means used to effectuate the non-compete agreement included; (1) Google would share it's search profits with Apple; (2) Apple would give preferential treatment to Google for all Apple devices; (3) regular secret meetings between the executives of both companies; (4) annual multi-billion-dollar payments by Google to Apple not to compete in the search business; (5) suppression of the competition of smaller competitors and foreclosing competitors from the search market; (6) acquiring actual and potential competitors.

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29806076

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/class-action-lawsuit-filed-in-california-alleging-google-is-paying-apple-to-stay-out-of-the-search-engine-business-301453098.html

#Google #Apple #Monopoly #Antitrust #Competition #Search #WebBrowsers #WebSearch #Lawsuits

● NEWS ● #WladimirPalant #WebBrowsers ☞ Yes, fun browser extensions can have vulnerabilities too! https://palant.info/2021/12/20/yes-fun-browser-extensions-can-have-vulnerabilities-too/

Yes, fun browser extensions can have vulnerabilities too!

A funny cat walking over your tabs allowed a malicious website visited once to compromise all your browsing, forever.

● NEWS ● #UnixSheikh #WebBrowsers ☞ So-called modern web developers are the culprits https://unixsheikh.com/articles/so-called-modern-web-developers-are-the-culprits.html

#Proprietary #WebBrowsers : #Vivaldi 5.0 Web Browser Released, #Microsoft Still a Bully • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158786 #TuxMachines

#WebBrowsers Leftovers • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/158633 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines

#WebBrowsers : #Microsoft Aggression, Google Chrome Release, Tor Browser 11.0.1, and More • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/157992 #www #TuxMachines

#WebBrowsers : #Microsoft Plays Dirty and Mozilla Distracts From the Spying • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/157840 #mozilla #firefox #TuxMachines

#WebBrowsers : Malicious Aspects, #Mozilla ’s Stuff, and Tor Browser • Tux Machines ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/157586 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines

● [Old] ● #DEVCommunity #WebBrowsers ☞ The Shocking Immaturity of JavaScript https://dev.to/jaredcwhite/the-shocking-immaturity-of-javascript-c70

The Shocking Immaturity of JavaScript

Do code newbies realize just how shockingly buggy and incomplete all the tools they use really are?

● NEWS ● #TomasPetricek #WebBrowsers ☞ Pop-up from Hell On the growing opacity of web programs http://tomasp.net/blog/2021/popup-from-hell/

Pop-up from Hell: On the growing opacity of web programs

What can we learn from an annoying pop-up ad that cannot be closed? In this post, I continue theme that I started in my interactive Commodore 64 BASIC essay, which is to look at past programming systems and see what interesting past ideas have...

#WebBrowsers and #Standards • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156548 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines

#WebBrowsers Monopolisation • 𝖳𝗎𝗑 𝖬𝖺𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝖾𝗌 ⇨ http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/156429 #GNU #Linux #TuxMachines

#Geminiprotocol (gemini://) and the fast-growing #Geminispace (expected to exceed 2,000 known capsules by year’s end, in effect quadrupling in a single year!) are possible to access using #Webbrowsers http://techrights.org/2021/09/23/gemini-proxies-survey/

Gemini HTTP/HTML/Web Proxies and Self-Hosting Your Own Proxy

Gemini protocol (gemini://) and the fast-growing Geminispace (expected to exceed 2,000 known capsules by year’s end, in effect quadrupling in a single year!) are possible to access using Web browsers, at least for those who do not have Gemini...

● NEWS ● #Ekiioh #WebBrowsers ☞ Google Docs in a clean-room browser https://www.ekioh.com/devblog/google-docs-in-a-clean-room-browser/

Google Docs in a clean-room browser - Ekioh

A detailed description of how we made Google Docs run inside the new Flow Browser. The number of websites that work in Flow is increasing regularly.