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How to prevent programs from reading Chrome data?
I found a program on Github that can easily extract data from the installed browsers with just one command. This includes, localstorage, passwords etc. It doesn't need administrator access.
Is there a ...
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Why can't I access the Web Telegram website (error NET::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID)?
Whether I use Firefox or Chrome, I'm not able to access the https://web.telegram.org/ website. I get the following on Chrome:
Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your
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Strange redirection to a different website on my chrome browser
I have been using a certain website (AirTable.com) on a regular basis. Yesterday I noticed that my chrome browser refused to go to the website (error was certificate not valid). Upon inspection, I ...
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Site gives PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR in Librewolf but not Chromium
When I login to my bank's website, it redirects to https://auth.securebanklogin.com/ (and a bunch of other places in that domain).
On Librewolf, this eventually ends in a PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR page.
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Save password or type every time: which way is safer? [closed]
Now most browsers support remembering passwords for sites. But I always have prefered to typing them every time, since I thought it was safer, until today when I start to contemplate if it's really ...
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What is this script that's injected in every webpage I visit, and if malicious how to get rid of it?
I found this script when inspecting webpages and I have no idea where this is coming from or if this is malicious. Is this malicious, how can I find out where it came from and how to get rid of that?
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How to disable web security on Opera browser?
I'm working on the version 89.0.4447.83 of Opera. I disabled web security on Opera on Windows 10 so I could retrieve information from web pages loaded in my iframe on my localhost. For this I used the ...
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Sparring with Google: search has suddenly started requesting CAPTCHA constantly
War with Google
A couple of months ago, our office was suddenly thrown into turmoil when Google decided to go to war with us. Our identities were at stake: Google was sure that the office consisted ...
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Why do some Https download links not have a padlock in Firefox?
Why when you go to some download links by typing / pasting in the address bar in Firefox (in Windows 10), does it show https, but there is no padlock? (Similar might be seen in other browsers)
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block firefox local network access (CORS?)
I could be off on this one, so please forgive me if so...
According to this article:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/new-chrome-security-measure-aims-to-curtail-an-entire-class-...
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Download blocked in Firefox, Chrome and Edge. "Couldn't download - network issue"
I'm running into a problem on Windows 10 where URLs of a certain type can't be downloaded in Firefox, Chrome or Edge. The URLs look like "http://localhost:8080/6/58/37.pbf".
Using Curl (on ...
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This CA Root certificate is not trusted because it is not in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities store
I am running a web app on Linux where I dont think anyone will look at it besides myself called node red looking to run the web app on TLS with certs.
Going off this tutorial to generate these two ...
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PC protection - temporarily block updates to C-drive (windows pc)
Despite using various pc security measures (av, noscript, ublock-origin etc), during a web browsing session I recently found adware had been installed that displayed a new icon in my system tray. ...
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Google Chrome software reporter tool stressing CPU and heating SSD
I just installed Google chrome, when downloading, I made sure to uncheck the checkbox that said to send usage data to Google.
Now after using it for a bit, I see computer going nuts, NVME SSD got to ...
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Privacy: Disallowing server reading user's time
If you go to www.deviceinfo.me, you'll see that the website is able to read your machine's local time. This is sensitive information because it says whereabouts you're located. Is there any way to ...
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