oldschool’s config 2021
2021 Configuration details above + Simple Windows Hardening.
Edit: No ClearURLs in Brave because its ETag filtering doesn’t work in Chromium. Brave has some built-in protection against URL…
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Microsoft blocks other browsers from opening Edge links
When Microsoft launched Windows 10, one of the things that the company did introduce was the classic version of Edge. Edge would replace the aging Internet Explorer browser along the way.
To…
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Free AV with real-time protection and small impact on performance
What would u recommend? I need something that is light and not heavy in terms of performance and might have a ‘killswitch’ that just turns it off while I’m digging into VR or other power-hungry…
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Google’s Manifest V3 Still Hurts Privacy, Security, and Innovation
It’s been over two years since our initial response to Google’s Manifest V3 proposal. Manifest V3 is the latest set of changes to the Chrome browser’s rules for browser extensions. Each…
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New Abcbot botnet goes after Chinese cloud providers
Security researchers have spotted a new malware botnet that, over the past few months, has specifically targeted the infrastructure of Chinese cloud hosting providers.
Named Abcbot, the…
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Threat actors steal $80 million per month with fake giveaways, surveys
According to a report by Group-IB, there are currently 60 known scam networks that use targeted links in their campaigns, impersonating 121 brands in false giveaways.
Each network uses an…
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Opera Stable Update Thread
Stable version 67.0.3575.53 is now available thru your browser updater.
Changelog and blog link
To keep things sane, I thought to consolidate all Opera updates into one thread. Hope…
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The Biggest Christmas Carnival Giveaway
To celebrate Christmas, AOMEI and other authoritative software companies send sincere blessings to users and provide best-selling and useful products as holiday gifts to solve tech problems for…
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Facebook/Meta earns the worst company of the year title
Every year in December, Yahoo! Finance selects a "Company of the Year" that takes into consideration parameters such as market performance and other achievements, with Microsoft taking…
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