Month: September 2018

Google Reverses Course on Recent Chrome Change

Following the last update to Google Chrome, signing in to any Google service will also sign the user in to the browser.  In my last post, I explained why I oppose that change.  Many others appear have similar thoughts, and Google announced today that the next Chrome update will return the option to remain signed…


Internet Browsers and User Choice

As a long-time Google Chrome user, I recently started switching back to Firefox. Firefox several years ago was a bit of a memory hog, so I started using Chrome, which eventually became my default browser. For privacy reasons, I recently started looking at other browsers, starting with Brave. Brendan Eich, the creator of JavaScript and…


Containing Your Data

In an effort to improve my online security, I recently started testing Firefox Multi-Account Containers.  The concept is fairly simple.  The browser can open websites in discrete containers, and sites opened in one container cannot see information in another container.  For example, a social-media site opened in one container cannot gain tracking information from a…