Notes on Implementing Vaccine Passports
Now that we’re starting to get widespread COVID vaccination “vaccine passports” have started to become more relevant. The idea behind a vaccine passport is that you would have some kind … Read more
Articles in “Privacy”
Comcast’s Xfinity Internet Service Joins Firefox’s Trusted Recursive Resolver Program
Committing to Data Retention and Transparency Requirements That Protect Customer Privacy Today, Mozilla, the maker of Firefox, and Comcast have announced Comcast as the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) to … Read more
The USA Freedom Act and Browsing History
Last Thursday, the US Senate voted to renew the USA Freedom Act which authorizes a variety of forms of national surveillance. As has been reported, this renewal does not include … Read more
Protecting Search and Browsing Data from Warrantless Access
As the maker of Firefox, we know that browsing and search data can provide a detailed portrait of our private lives and needs to be protected. That’s why we work … Read more
More on COVID Surveillance: Mobile Phone Location
Previously I wrote about the use of mobile apps for COVID contact tracing. This idea has gotten a lot of attention in the tech press — probably because there are … Read more
Contact Tracing, Governments, and Data
Digital contact tracing apps have emerged in recent weeks as one potential tool in a suite of solutions that would allow countries around the world to respond to the COVID-19 … Read more
Looking at designs for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps
A number of the proposals for how to manage the COVID-19 pandemic rely on being able to determine who has come into contact with infected people and therefore are at … Read more
Which Video Call Apps Can You Trust?
Amid the pandemic, Mozilla is educating consumers about popular video apps’ privacy and security features and flaws [Update, April 29: Following the publication of Mozilla’s guide, Discord updated their password … Read more
Privacy Norms and the Pandemic
Will things like digital contact tracing leave a legacy of better privacy norms, or worse ones? The conversation about privacy and the pandemic — and about the idea of digital … Read more
Can Your Holiday Gift Spy on You?
Mozilla is unveiling its annual holiday ranking of the creepiest and safest connected devices. Our researchers reviewed the security and privacy features and flaws of 76 popular gifts for 2019’s … Read more
Mozilla takes action to protect users in Kazakhstan
Today, Mozilla and Google took action to protect the online security and privacy of individuals in Kazakhstan. Together the companies deployed technical solutions within Firefox and Chrome to block the … Read more
The web the world needs can be ours again, if we want it
People everywhere are demanding basic consumer protections. We want our food to be healthy to eat, our water to be clean to drink, and our air to be safe to … Read more