Part 2: “If we knew that, comrades, we wouldn’t be doing all this.”
In 1981, the GDR also conducted a census – albeit without protest. The people of East Germany had to assume either way that the state was fully informed about them, … Read more
Part 1: “You have to force them to leave tracks”
In the eighties and nineties, the right to privacy in Germany was a central demand of the civil rights movement. Millions of people took to the streets and protested against … Read more
Mozilla’s IRL Podcast: New Season. New Host.
Season 4 of Mozilla’s IRL: Online Life is Real Life podcast will premiere on Monday, November 26, and we are so pleased to welcome and introduce IRL’s new host, Manoush … Read more
The Cheddar: New Firefox Privacy Features Won’t Follow You Across The Web
Mozilla’s Chief Operating Officer, Denelle Dixon spoke to The Cheddar about the Enhanced Tracking Protection features that rolled out in the latest Firefox. The flurry of data breaches has given … Read more
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 Lead for the Firefox desktop browser to better understand what … Read more
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 to 2017, and 73% of all U.S. companies have experienced … Read more
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 about things like September’s Facebook security breach or October’s latest … Read more
“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 online experience would be at its best if people were … Read more
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 accountability, openness, and trust in government. What many did not … Read 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 news outlets all simultaneously vying for our collective attention – … Read more
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 day. Candidate Y premiered as an audio piece on Mozilla’s … Read more
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 see every day. Hello, I’m Your Election premiered as an … Read more