extensions
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How To Stop Sites From Harvesting Cryptocurrency From You
Your browser might be doing someone else’s dirty work behind your back, mining cryptocurrency for malicious individuals using your desktop or laptops to create the digital currency, which can potentially be exchanged for real cash. According to Wired, hackers have found a way to inject Javascript-based cryptocurrency mining software into compromised sites, borrowing your processing…
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This Extension Will Track The Cost Of Your Mindless Web Browsing
Sure, you need to finish that PowerPoint presentation for next week, but it won’t hurt to just check Facebook real quick and see if Mark posted pictures from the party last weekend. And then make a quick online order. And you really should like a few photos in that gallery… It’s easy to waste a…
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Hate Twitter’s New Look? Roll It Back With A Chrome Extension
Twitter recently rolled out a redesign featuring everyone’s favourite polarising design choice: all curved everything. Your profile photo is now round instead of square, buttons are oblong, and the icons look downright childish.
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How To Tell If Someone Is Tracking Your Emails
Not all emails are what they seem. Many messages come with embedded code designed to tell the sender when (and even where) you open them up. It’s a trick often used by marketing companies to work out if you’re actually paying any attention to them, but there are ways of spotting this kind of email…