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Monday
Oct072013

Secure Browser Alternatives for browsing safely on the web!

Zero day vulnerabilites target Internet Explorer

Cyber Security Awareness Month

If you didn’t know October is Cyber Security Awareness Month and I wanted to give out some ways to keep you safe on the internet.   I know I am not the only to suggest some of this but if you didn’t know please don’t use Internet Explorer to web browse.   If should only be used for updating Windows and that is the extent of what it should be used for it.

Is Chrome more secure than Safari?

Safari, to my knowledge as a few vulnerabilities and thus you should be keep away from using it.   I won’t say much about this because we never really know who is actually going to use these but you can bet hackers know of ways to get into your system.

Which Browser is best?

Any browser you think is safe is probably going to be wrong.   I am going to tell you which browsers are safer but none of them are a 100 percent safe.   Each one of them has good and bad but I am going to at least guide you in the right direction.  

Chrome Browser

Chrome is one of the ones, I do recommend but it shouldn’t just be used by itself.   You should add a few extensions to better protect yourself:

  • Adblock Plus — Good to protect yourself from those annoying advertising.   (Please be aware that I use advertising on my site and that is how I pay for my hosting and other things like that.   Please consider white listing my website to allow advertising.)
  • Lastpass — This is one of those that I recommend on a constant basis because it makes sure you create a strong password that you don’t have to remember.   It helps make sure no account password is ever the same!
  • ScriptSafe — Keep unwanted scripts from playing when you visit a website!  Certain web sites should be allowed and white listed, like mine. 
  • Dolphin Connect — I use the Dolphin browser on my Android Device and this is one of those ways to keep track of all your bookmarks.   Not really security related but it is very useful!

These are just a few that I recommend when you use the Chrome Browser.

FireFox Browser

FireFox is another one that I recommend when you are looking to browse the web securely.  Although it isn’t 100% secure because none are.   Some of the Add On’s you should add to your FireFox Browser are:

  • NoScript Security Suite — It is another No Script app that lets you prevent unwanted scripts from running! 
  • Lastpass — Just like Chrome, it helps keep your passwords safe and helps you keep all passwords unique!
  • Adblock Plus — Just like Chrome this can help keep those annoying advertisements from showing but please remember to white list sites that do need to advertise and do not use annoying advertisements!
  • Web Of Trust — This is a good add on for Firefox to know which web sites you can trust more with and which ones that are not trustworthy!  (if you like my site could you review it and let people know what you think about this site!)

As you can see these are the two that I always tell my family to install, I usually don’t tell them to install both but one of these two but it is up to you if you want to have both web browsers installed on your system.   It just varies from person to person which one is better for your use!   I am sure there are more addon’s or extensions that you should add but these are the ones I tell my friends and family to install first.  Which one of these two browsers are you favorite?  Leave a comment and tell others!

 

Wednesday
Sep122012

The New Firefox Updates for Desktop and Android

Mozilla has released updates for Android and Desktop which helps augment the browser experience. The new updates is based on Android and desktop user interface and to make it worthwhile you also browser based games along the updates. There are couple of things that new updates will offer, firstly it will help reduce the memory usage for browser with the addition of add-ons. There is also a lovely new feature called JavaScript Debugger. As for the Android version, many things has been tweaked for the fans. Some of the updates for Android version include Flash capability for Honeycomb, now you can also personalize your start up page and last but not the least support for tablet sized devices.

This new Firefox update is now available on Google’s apps store Google Play and it is compatible with all the Android devices. You get to have the “Awesome Screen” update with which you can get access to browsing history, bookmarks, passwords and all the information you need. And finally with introduction of Firefox Sync you can now import personalized stuff from other Android devices, pretty decent.

With the new Firefox update Mozilla has just gotten better than ever. You can synchronize your desktop searches with your Android Mozilla, just click on the “request Desktop Site” and there you go, whatever you were doing on your Android is now on your Desktop.  Apart from that there are lots of other tweaks and stability augmentations which make Mozilla smoother and better. And yeah, one of the most obvious feature, you will be having a much faster browsing experience. And with the inclusion of HTML 5 developers can now enjoy thing such as CSS, JavaScript and open Web standards.

And perhaps the most amazing thing about this new Firefox update is introduction of an awesome game called BrowserQuest. BrowserQuest is massive multiplayer adventure game and it can be played on both your desktop and Android device. To being your quest you need to make your own character, Firefox Mozilla wanted to show the world how web can be a fantastic way to play games and it has proven it with BrowserQuest.

And lastly we have JavaScript Debugger for Firefox Desktop which is primarily for all the developers out there. It allows developers to get hang of whatever the type of Web application code they want and they will also be able to debug all sorts of Android applications on either Firefox for Android or local network. It also offers the compressed texture which is primarily used for web games. Along with this JavaScript Debugger is also  loaded with several other features that might come in handy for gaming developers.