Brave's GDPR breach complaint against Google

Brave the web browser with privacy in mind is made by the Mozilla Project co-founder and according to the complaint from Brave, it appears that Google and other ad-tech companies had breached the GDPR which had gone effective several months ago in EU. That regulation was one important step in protecting individuals' privacy but it was a shame that Google breached such a recent regulation like that.
According to the official article from Brave, each time you visit a website containing 'Behavioral Ad', intimate personal data can be shown to tons of computers. The ad-tech companies broadcast this kind of data to solicit potential advertisers' bids for the sake of the attention of you visiting that website. Under GDPR, this kind of technical action known as 'bid request' to online industries is unlawful as it fails to protect intimate personal data from unauthorized access.
The Brave web browser started two years ago with the ability to block third-party cookies and it is based on Chromium browser. It is one of the lightweight browser with advanced ad-tracking controls but don't expect many common things this browser may have although there was an announcement that they would include the prototype Tor mode with Private Tab Browsing. Speaking of Tor, it is unspeakably notorious for being used by cyber criminals and other kinds of baddies alike in addition to those seeking high privacy. The worse thing is that, the privacy protection has gone too far that many online services you go to regularly falsely complain about your account being compromised.

#DeleteFacebook Saga & Facebook Container for Firefox

I'll like to stress once again that the cyber-spying issue has been going on in social media and video sharing websites where you get tracked by the companies with data being sold to advertisers. However, this is where things got worse. It seemed that Facebook's data collection was involved in the US-election in which the data collected was used for it and people around the globe were pissed because the privacy violation had gone too far. Will there be a court case against Facebook for this? Who knows?
According to Softpedia, removing your Facebook account may take 90 days but I'm mostly active on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and I rarely use other social media websites like Instagram. It may be a good time to hurt the service by removing your Facebook account but that's not enough according to Softpedia. You may need to modify the HOSTS file in Windows OSes to block access to Facebook entirely. While it may be easier on personal PCs this way in modifying HOSTS file, to get Facebook blocked in enterprise, school and public environment is a different story in which OS and network policies are applied without having to go through everything one by one. And in fact, do you really want to apply the enterprise-grade policies against Facebook at home in which the entire family won't be able to access Facebook?
Another news from Softpedia is regarding the Facebook Container for Firefox. I don't know if there's a similar addon like that for Chrome but Facebook Container is an official addon made by Mozilla to make tracking even harder. It's a lesson Mozilla teaches Facebook with since the privacy violation had gone too far and it took some years for someone to report this situation. What this addon does is to isolate Facebook in a new containerized tab. However, there are flaws. Using comments, likes or even Facebook shares doesn't make you secure as information can still be transferred to Facebook service. Not to mention that you still can get tracked by Facebook when doing anything in Facebook.com.
Even the Whatsapp founder has encouraged you to remove your Facebook account but to close your account like this is a last resort and you must have a proper reason.

Firefox Focus for IOS

Perhaps, there should be another way to make a mini version of Firefox like Opera Mini is as Firefox Focus lacks various features like tabs, auto-complete and other common browser features. Of course, it may seem that Google search engine is like too popular among people like people use it to look up online for information they want but in the future release, there will be an option to choose whichever search engine you probably want.
Browsing-wise, you're in private/incognito browsing mode in Firefox Focus by default but you can export your browsing session to Firefox if you have that app. Another good thing is that you have the options to block ad-trackers, social-trackers and analytics-trackers. Downside is how over-protective the technology can be when it comes to privacy as if the service you're browsing to may suspect that your account is compromised and especially that certain features on the site may become inaccessible as a result of enabling a block that blocks other content trackers. There's also a feature to block web fonts but I don't know the reason behind it.

Codemoji by Mozilla

Codemoji is the educational game by Mozilla that teaches people about encryption. You just type in the message and encode it using the emoji cypher to send it to your friends in an encrypted form. The receiver of the encrypted message will have to use the same emoji cypher to decrypt it.
Note that this is not a serious attempt to bring secure messaging that way. As this is an educational material by Mozilla as part of the privacy advocating campaign, it may be interesting to educate users about cyphers and basic encryption concept. Sure, learning cyber-security may be a challenge for technical people but there are four mini-episodes about encryption as released by Mozilla to learn why encryption is important in general.
You're already better off using the sophisticated security tools than Codemoji according to Mozilla. What they also have said is that they have also mentioned the recent cyber-security situations regarding the encryption like the encryption is being threatened around the globe which may be true because the encryption power is too strong that cyber-criminals for instance, can make use of it to get away with it undetected. There must be some equality but you may have concerns if one organization or agency is lacking any trust for privacy advocates or not.
There might be other cyber-security news on Neowin like tech companies offer secure messaging will be fined in Russia if the anti-encryption bill there goes in effect or not for instance but there isn't anything special or much to say about those news.

Focus by Mozilla

As a solution suggests, it's a third-party ad-blocker from Mozilla for IOS. Unfortunately, compared to third-party browsers like Firefox, it is supported on Safari on IOS. Maybe it is due to some limitations on the IOS that Mozilla is not able to implement the same addon to Firefox on IOS and Apple doesn't support ad-blocking features on third-party web browsers. It does the same thing as private browsing on the desktop version of Firefox does with the same blocklist as Disconnect. Besides Adblock Plus on Safari on IOS, this is another security opportunity for your IOS device running IOS 8 and above.

Internal Tracking Protection for Firefox

If you have been seeking privacy like I'm have been seeking, that's the good thing as if you already have the addons related to security for the Firefox browser but if you don't have any and yet you're using Firefox, this is something you're going to take note of in the future. Firefox version 42 will have its own tracking protection that does the same way as Ghostery and Privacy Badger do. However, that protection feature is for Private Browsing mode and not the normal mode so you'll need those security addons for whichever web browser you're using.
Unfortunately, having too much of security protection applied to the browser may sacrifice the functionality, reliability and performance of the browser and networking on your device. Some of the websites are misbehaving on you like idiotic sites with those security addons on or perhaps on the third-party web browsers as if the same sites work better on the first-party ones.
It's like the tech giants have HALF the amount of RESPECT and SUPPORT for privacy related technologies like they want to sacrifice the other half for advertisements for earning money and therefore, the reputation over privacy respecting is half-assed. But making the privacy reputation too positive is not easy and may break the functionality, reliability and performance of the device like it already happened with IOS 8 and Android 5.0 that the law enforcement agencies already had the suspicions about improved security that would allow the criminals to use those technologies unnoticed. Also, another downside is the price of the devices containing that same amount of security and it may be hard to buy one of them from the retail store as well as the fact that they won't come with default services you already know of. It may be a waste like you don't know what those alternative technologies in software are all about but what about the ones on the hardware side.
Unfortunately, some of the addons can render the browser unusable like it already happened to Android version of the browser on my Android device and I may need to find a way to start over. Maybe reinstalling it should be able to help in case of the above trouble I have so that you should can find which culprit was behind that and that you should be careful for the desktop version as well.

Adobe Flash security controversy

The criticism has been pushing Adobe away in a serious chain of sadness and disgrace like they're lazy enough to solve all of that security criticism in their products. So, to me, it may look like Adobe is seriously idiotic when it comes to cyber-security importance. Of course, they can't be as stupid as some US ISPs out there for purposing invading their customers' privacy on their accord like it's a sign of betrayal for those who are seeking proper privacy.
The recent reason on why Adobe Flash would be blocked in all versions of Firefox including Facebook and YouTube was obviously involving the security exploit implemented by The Hacking Team. Maybe, there should be a serious investigation on The Hacking Team after their illegal stuffs were completely compromised like it already opened doors to more illegal spying bullshit and more cyber-criminals who want to get their hands on those leaked tools for whatever purposes they want without caring for anything else.
However, the blockage of Adobe Flash may involve another controversy like many people need to watch videos or play social games on Facebook. It may be a problem there but for videos, Facebook can straight away use the HTML 5 technology like what YouTube already uses. Hell, even Twitter needs to switch to HTML 5 for videos as well.
So, do you put the blame on Adobe, The Hacking Team or perhaps both for how extremely weak the Adobe Flash security is? It is likely that you may put the blame on Adobe for that serious weakness. So what, is our computer completely infected because of that?

Firefox for Windows 10

Firefox on Windows 8 was put on hold for some unknown reasons but the upcoming Windows 10 version is likely to do things better like it can be on par with Microsoft Edge and Android version of Google Chrome. I guess that this is what the web browser for both tablet and desktop users should have been in the modern form. Firefox on Android has the similar interface design to the desktop version but I assume that Google Chrome on Android has the most amount of interface functionality that may be exactly on par with the desktop version. Improvements are improvements and I don't know if Firefox for Windows 10 will have the same exact amount of functionality as the desktop version and Microsoft Edge or not like you can switch and move tabs for instance in addition to having addons.
Speaking of add-ons, I don't know if Firefox for Windows 10 will have the same exact amount of add-ons as the desktop version but this is something I'm not sure of as the modern version of Firefox for Windows 10 is on the modern form, the same form Microsoft Edge uses.
Another essential feature is that you can get custom skins for Firefox Windows 10 version unlike the Android version where you're not able to do so. That fixes the minor flaws involving the top-right buttons by removing the fill and line colors completely, leaving the icons intact.
However, this was all revealed by Mozilla as the design mockup and who knows if our prediction is fulfilled. Addons, common interface and the custom skin are the essential things for Windows 10 version of Firefox.

Firefox scans user's browsing history for advertising website suggestion

Again, this one is not compulsory technically as if you can turn this feature off for the sake of privacy Mozilla knows of. This collects your browsing habits and based on that, you will be suggested which advertiser websites in the New Tab. Personal data will not be sent to the advertisers of course and there will be no usage of cookies to do this advertising shit either.
This is kind of similar to what Twitter planned two years ago and the upcoming feature will be out in summer.

Firefox for IOS

The lack of the IOS version of the browser is probably due to the fact that the third-party web browser rendering engines are disallowed by Apple compared to Firefox for Android. The strange thing is that even the third-party browsers are making use of IOS rendering engine which may mean Safari but with different skin. However, it seems that things are changed and that Mozilla is planning to bring the IOS version of Firefox with its own different engine although I may assume that it targets IOS 7 and above that I still have yet to but the newer IOS device. Problem against that is that the Ipod Touch at minimum price is still expensive at $200+. Good thing is that there's cloud synchronization of bookmarks, preferences, favorites and other stuffs in the IOS version as well just like the desktop version. What you can't synchronize however, is the addons because not all addons are available on mobile version of the same web browser.

Android and IOS having lack of openness?

Android may be open-source but the true open-source is likely to be Cyangenmod itself. IOS may be closed-source although it is based on Unix and it's the same story for Mac OSX series OSes. The real reason on why Mozilla slams the hell out of Android and IOS is probably the favor of users' privacy and that Apple and Google are slammed by Mozilla over irresponsible business behavior when it comes to cyber-security. It may turn out that the encryption feature in IOS may be a lie or something but the real controversy as we have discovered is that Mac OSX Yosemite has features that invade your privacy. It's as shameful as Unity 7 for Ubuntu today but there's a promise from Canonical that Unity 8 will REMOVE the CONTROVERSY they had caused. Bravos to Canonical for this and hopefully, Unity 8 will be part of Ubuntu Touch and TV in addition to future standard Ubuntu releases.
Today with Firefox, it seems that Mozilla has been questioning you on what technical concern do you have today when using it like, are you concerned about privacy, for instance. Yes, we may be concerned about privacy so we answer things to Mozilla about it and install a bunch of extensions in our Firefox browser and fall under User Privacy Concern category.
Firefox OS is going to change the hell out of everything? Who knows? There's also Ubuntu Touch which is also under development at the time. But in the meantime, you can obviously go Linux-ing or even Cyangenmod OS for the sake of OS security. If you're an Ubuntu user like me, ditch Unity 7 completely.
But bear in mind that I still have stuffs to work on personally on the Windows OS besides Ubuntu as the similar software library for Linux surely lacks whatever we need.

Firefox Flame phone

Perhaps the Flame phone from Mozilla is like being developed by the beginners at the working since it is probably their first time developing the phones running Firefox OS like that. The specs of that phone are really low-ended and that makes it too inferior compared to the Android phones today. The only positive thing about Firefox OS is the fact that it is one of the open-source alternatives to Android. Maybe you should have bought the Blackphone instead as its specs are acceptable and it is running the Cyangenmod with high amount of security.

Firefox OS for TV and tablets in addition to smartphones

So far, the OS had taken off with the smartphones running it but the number of features for this OS surely is inferior or something compared to the popular OSes which are not secure nowadays. The next plan from Mozilla will be to bring this OS to the TV and tablets. Sort of like browsing the Firefox browser on TV and tablets for real in Firefox OS similar to Chrome OS except in a little bit secure way.
Some companies like Panasonic are already to launch Firefox OS TVs this year which will be intially as expensive as the smart TVs today in the first place. Ultra HD TVs are like the serious nightmares to buy as if they have the price of the car!
Also, having so much low-end devices like that running OSes like this is not gonna be worth the greatness of the performance. Not to mention the lack of the competitor of the App Store, Google Play like store for Firefox OS which can make things pointless for its future and especially when there will be additional announcements that extend the disaster. So, where are the med-end devices and above? Why is this so prototyp-ish like that? Unless, there are sufficient features, there will be no point in getting TVs or tablets running this in the future.

Geeksphone Revolution with Android and Firefox OS

A definition of low-end Android device in which you can buy it for the sake of security. Perhaps you can buy this just for Firefox OS, not the Android itself but then, things will not be that great due to the low-end system specs. The dual-core Atom processor is what was previously used for netbooks and other tablets in addition to this phone. The device has 1GB of RAM but it has Ultra HD at 2560X1440 resolution display. How the hell can this device tolerate the ultra high definition resolution like that for the future?
The default OS to boot up for this device will be Android but the company promises the easy way to boot to other OS such as the Firefox OS or any other OS such as Cyangenmod. If Cyangenmod supports this device, that should be the great thing but we don't know if even the Blackphone will support that custom OS as well. Speaking of Blackphone, they will be reveiling it at MWC event with the large amount of security.

Firefox with Australis UI

Seems that Firefox 29 will have the Firefox Accounts that allow the online synchronization of the settings, themes and other stuffs for the browser. It should be similar to the one in Google Chrome browser that the synchronization takes place in various devices. However, I don't know if all the add-ons/plugins/extensions will be synchronized across multiple devices. Previously, even the Opera web browser is using the Google Chrome GUI along with some changes.
If the GUI is approved, they will decide to put it in Firefox 29 in mid-April this year. There will be two groups so far. One is the Australis project builds section and the other is the Mozilla-Central section which doesn't have the Australis code at all.

Firefox for Windows 8 Touch Beta

*Sigh* When will there be the final version of Firefox for Windows 8 Metro? Besides, this is more or less a recent article from Mozilla blog! You can do one-touch swipe transitions like I don't know if you can transition to another tab or something in addition to transitioning from one app to another. Of course, it may pose a problem like that. Also, the interface should be kind of similar just like using Firefox on Android.

Firefox Launcher for Android Preview

As of the beginning of this month, it seems that Mozilla is developing their launcher for Android which may somewhat include the Firefox web browser. It should be similar to the EverythingMe launcher except for the inclusion for the Firefox web browser. We don't know when will the beta version be out but I hope that I may give that a try if available. Of course, I still have yet to add HTTPSEverywhere in Firefox for my Android device but it may be a different way to add plugins to the mobile version of the web browser.

February 11 - The Day We Fight Back

A bigger protest will be taking place in February 11 against the mass cyber-surveilance we know of. In addition to the regular internet users, they will be joined by various organizations like Mozilla, Reddit, EFF, etc. Sure, I've been using Firefox for privacy safety but it cannot be the same for those faggots supporting those cyber-spying agencies even if they are those regular users. If you see such supporters like that on the internet, you may as well block the fuck out of them.
The first thing will be to embed your banners and widgets to your site. I don't know if IDL has known this preparation but it may be a good and easier thing if I embed those from IDL regarding this campaign. Right now, the final design has yet to come.
Third thing will also be to join the conversation with Reddit. Unfortunately, I don't have the Reddit account and I don't know what's the proper reason for signing up for that safe service.
Forth thing is about coming up with your own ideas.

Modern UI Firefox for Windows 8 is delayed again till March

It may seem that there are still remaining bugs to go before the release of the browser for Windows 8 and the worse thing is that the developers are already taking a holiday break for some reason that Firefox 27 and 28 will be delayed. Firefox 27 will be released next month instead of sometime this month. Back in September last year, the browser for Windows 8 had already entered the Beta channel and at the time, the browser is able to share a single profile with the desktop version of Firefox.

NPAPI is of no more in the future

Netscape Plug-In API or NPAPI is already damn old and it will be phased out in the future. Even Mozilla is already planning to block those plugins in December this year with Google doing the same thing in January next year. For Google Chrome, this will be effective in Stable channel by default.

However, the downside for doing this is that Silverlight, Unity, Java, Facebook Video, Google Earth and Google Talk are likely to be blocked as well but to avoid disruption to users, they will be temporarily whitelisted for security reasons. For Silverlight, I may still need it by the way for Microsoft Virtual Academy thing. For Facebook Video, I don’t know if it will be using Adobe Flash Player technology to playback videos like that.

Good thing is that the Adobe Flash Player technology and PDF viewers are not NPAPI related as if you can use them in the first place.