Tag: web browsers
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How Edge Follows In IE's Security Failings
Replicating an experiment Steve Gibson performed into browser EV certificate acceptance, Dan discovers that an ugly security-weakening "feature" of Internet Explorer also appears in Edge. What the hell, Microsoft?
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Things you probably didnt know you could do with Chromes Developer Console
Chrome comes with built-in developer tools. This comes with a wide variety of features, such as Elements, Network, and Security. Today, we’ll focus 100% on its JavaScript console.
When I started coding, I only used the JavaScript console for logging values like responses from the server, or the value of variables. But over … -
Something like HTTPS Everywhere for new Opera?
I'm looking for an extension that will automatically redirect-to-HTTPS for particular domains, e.g. to ensure that I'm using the secure version of Wikipedia, etc., whenever I go there. The HTTPS Everywhere plugin from the EFF does this for Firefox and Chrome; what can I do to make this work in Opera?
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Firefox Finally Appeals
As you may all know, I'm a die-hard supporter of the Opera web browser, despite many of my friends now claiming that Firefox is superior. I've been following the Mozilla project for a long while (haven't we all), and on the many occasions I've tried Firefox (and it's grandparents) I've always been unimpressed. It's always …
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Online Banking
NatWest phoned me today in response to my complaint the other day that their online banking service refused to support Opera, my web browser of choice, seemingly for no good reason. I threatened to take my account elsewhere. Regardless, they've promised to look into it and try to make the site Opera-compatible, and I've said …