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Apache HTTP Web Server vulnerabilities patched • The Register

The Apache Software Foundation hastened to patch several vulnerabilities in an HTTP web server, at least one of which is already in active use. Apache’s HTTP server is widely used and vulnerabilities CVE-2021-41524 and CVE-2021-41773, are not great. The latter, road crawling and file discovery flaw, is particularly problematic. The first was reported to the […]

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Google bans ads from climate change consensus contradictors • The Register

Google has decided not to run ads with content that “contradicts the established scientific consensus on the existence and causes of climate change.” The solution affects YouTube, advertisers and publishers. This seems to be primarily a matter of trade, not conscience: adtech suffocating vine there is in a frame the decision as a change in

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Firefox adding personalised, sponsored search suggestions • The Register

Mozilla is testing a personalized ad in Firefox Suggest, along with sponsored search results, with users saying it “helps fund Firefox development.” Firefox Suggest was first introduced last month in Firefox 92, charged as “a new detection feature that is built directly into the browser.” The feature provides links as custom types in the search

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