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

web theory A plugin to force Twitter to respect your settings and stop showing you "top" tweets Cory Doctorow

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Internet Firefox turns on DNS encryption Rob Beschizza

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