Self-Destructing Cookies for Firefox
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Web cookies are meant to store user preferences for a website, but they are often misused for evil purposes, such as tracking him, sometimes across distinct websites.
Supporting GNU MediaGoblin
You certainly know Picasa Albums Web and Flickr, two commercial picture hosting services. You probably know a few free software projects that allow people to keep control of their own pictures, such as Gallery, Piwigo, Zenphoto or PhotoShow.
GNU MediaGoblin is a similar project, but with some interesting characteristics and features:
- it has a funny name and mascot;
- it is part of the GNU project;
- it is written in Python;
- it does not need a database servers since can use an SQLite database;
- it is designed with a specific care for free culture, allowing to indicate the license of a picture and to provide its source format as an attachment for instance.
- it supports audio, video and 3D models with HTML5 features rather than the dreadful Flash;
- it is a work in progress and is asking for financial contribution.
If you find GNU MediaGoblin as promising as I do, please consider donating!
Why phishers must looove smartphones
Phishing is a fraud technique that consists in reproducing the content of a targeted website, directing users to it, and recording their credentials when they log into your website. It is like fishing fish with fake food, only you phish humans with fake websites.
Well, I have a good news for the phishers: people are using more and more smartphones, and mobile browsers are making your job really easy. In fact, many regular smartphone user simply have no way to tell your fake website apart from the real one.