Firefox Containers Preview(blog.mozilla.org)
437 points by twapi | 120 comments
Mozilla Distilled blog post announcing a preview of native Containers in Firefox 153 for isolating cookies and logins across work, shopping, and personal browsing.
#browser-privacy on Hacker News
4 stories tagged browser-privacy, newest first.
Chrome extensions spying on users' browsing data(qcontinuum.substack.com)
416 points by qcontinuum1 | 170 comments
A Substack post reporting that 287 Chrome extensions with about 37 million users were found spying on users' browsing data.
Ask HN: Why does the US Visa application website do a port-scan of my network?
455 points by mbix77 | 200 comments
Ask HN post asking why the US visa application site (ceac.state.gov) appears to port-scan visitors' local networks, as flagged by the Port Authority Firefox extension.
Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads(theconversation.com)
454 points by ed_westin | 323 comments
The Conversation article explaining Google Chrome's new ad-targeting and tracking system (Privacy Sandbox) and what users need to know about it.