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This is an important case and turning point in web privacy.
A company called ‘Phorm’ are in tests to introduce personalised advertising online based on the information your ISP sells to them about your surfing habits:

The Open Rights Group has raised concerns over potential privacy violations caused by the Phorm advertising system.
The monitoring system analyses users’ surfing habits and is proving increasingly popular with ISPs looking to more accurately target subscribers with advertising.

Talk Talk, Virgin and BT are all currently working with Phorm on a pilot basis. (more…)

Minimizing the risks related to the Internet security is of primary concern for any online business site. Internet security is very important and must be guarded severely at all costs. Minimizing the risks related to online security will ensure that you will be able to attract many customers to your online sites. Many security measures can be installed in an online site for lessening the risk of Internet security.

If the customers are not sure about the security of their personal details and financial statements, they will never conduct online business. Internet privacy security is very important for any online business site. (more…)

Web 2.0 has (re)introduced a wide variety of attack vectors that can be used against Internet users to steal sensitive information, control the web browser, and more. The security industry has seen a shift from concentrating on the servers that house data to protecting the data itself. Many web applications and social-networking sites today exhibit flaws that expose them to all sorts of attacks, with much focus on XSS, CSRF, exploiting the same-origin policy and malicious code execution.

With insight from a couple of web security experts and some further research, I’ve compiled a list of must-have Firefox extensions that help ensure safer and more secure browsing with Firefox. Many of us have agreed that the security “functionality” these extensions provide should be built right into Firefox (*cough*Mozilla Security Team*cough*). Below, I outline the risk and how each extension goes about mitigating it. (more…)