Rapid Fire: Peter Dolanjski on Enhanced Tracking Protection, fingerprinting and cryptocurrency mining
On October 23, Firefox 63 launched with what we’re calling Enhanced Tracking Protection. I sat down with Peter Dolanjski, Product…
Digital Citizen
A digital citizen refers to a person utilizing Information Technology (IT) in order to engage in society, politics, and government. People characterizing themselves as digital citizens often use IT extensively, creating blogs, using social networks, and participating in online journalism. Although digital citizenship potentially begins when any child, teen, and/or adult signs up for an email address, posts pictures online, uses e-commerce to buy merchandise online, and/or participates in any electronic function that is B2C or B2B, the process of becoming a digital citizen goes beyond simple Internet activity.
Data Leeks: Made with love, leaked by hackers
Data breaches are on the rise. According to web security experts, the frequency of data breaches almost doubled from 2016…
The Best Last-Minute Halloween Costume of 2018: A Password Manager
You know what’s spooky? Having your accounts hacked. It’s easy to feel detached from passwords and logins. When you hear…
“Facebook just feels so private.”
From the beginning, Firefox was designed to help people experience the internet on their own terms. Mozilla believed that the…
5 things you can do to counter misinformation
A decade ago, we elected our first “social media politicians,” and we had hope that the internet would enable more…
What is microtargeting and what is it doing in our politics?
The rise of the digital media ecosystem – with internet search engines, over-the-top video services, social media networks, and web-based…
Candidate Y: Speculative Fiction by Malka Older
Mozilla invited speculative fiction author Malka Older to describe elections in the future, given advances in technology we see every…
Hello, I’m Your Election: Speculative Fiction by Genevieve Valentine
Mozilla invited science fiction and fantasy author Genevieve Valentine to describe elections in the future, given advances in technology we…
Misinfo Nation
In today’s media climate, it’s becoming harder and harder to tell what’s real and what isn’t. We’re bombarded daily with…
Rapid Fire: Cindy Hsiang talks data breaches and security habits
Born and raised in Taipei, Cindy Hsiang joined Firefox nearly four years ago to work on a number of technology…