annoyances
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Make Your Own Email Spam Filter
1If Gmail’s spam and newsletter filters are letting too much slip through, or if you use a private email service with a bad spam filter, then try this solution: quarantine all email until the sender has confirmed that they’re not spam. This is your homemade spam filter.
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Firefox Just Made Online Tracking Harder For Facebook And Google
Facebook and other companies routinely track your online surfing habits to better target ads at you. Two web browsers now want to help you fight back in what’s becoming an escalating privacy arms race.
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Microsoft Has A New Trick To Scare You Off Google Chrome
All is fair in love and browser wars. In a bid to claw back some much-needed market share, Microsoft is implementing a rather cheeky “feature” in its Edge browser. When users attempt to download Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome, they are now confronted with a pop-up window warning them that Edge is “faster” and “safer”.…
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This Google Chrome Tweak Makes Browsing Far Less Annoying
It feels like every website today wants to send you notifications, regardless of how big or small they are. Visit a page in Chrome, for instance and you’ll often start to see a popup box notifying you of new content even when you’re not on their website. If you’re sick of seeing these, it is…
