Consumers are being tracked, profiled & targeted online. It must end.

14 companies including Vivaldi urge policymakers in the US and EU to ban surveillance advertising. Read the open letter 👇
vivaldi.com/blog/letter-ba…
Take a stand & #BanSurveillanceAdvertising This call for #BanSurveillanceAdvertising is supported by @Fastmail @DuckDuckGo @ProtonMail @TutanotaTeam @disconnectme @Ecosia @startpage @usefathom @Nextclouders @mojeek @Mailfence @strossle and Kobler.

Goodbye, Big Tech. Hello, Vivaldi 4.0! 💪

A privacy-friendly foursome just landed in your browser:

🔠 Vivaldi Translate powered by @lingvanex
📫 Mail Beta
📅 Calendar Beta
🍔 Feed Reader Beta

A thread on this enormous update👇

vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-4… The star of the show – Vivaldi Translate. A privacy-friendly translation tool built into our desktop and Android browsers powered by @lingvanex.

It's hosted on our servers in Iceland, meaning no more third-parties snooping on your translations. 🍦

Convenience, meet privacy 🤝

Recently, @Google announced a change to Chromiums’s extensions system that would disable the API which makes it possible to block ads. Here’s what we think.

vi.tc/2ET5k3n @Google The phasing out of the webRequest API would break the technology many ad blocking apps such as @AdblockPlus, @uBlockOrigin, and @Ghostery run on.

An alternative API is being developed but for now, it won’t fully replace the webRequest API.

Your browser is (probably) one of the apps you use most throughout the day. What can it do to protect your privacy online? Let's take a look.

→ vi.tc/2CICDnZ

#privacy #Security #YourBrowserMatters Your browser:

1. Secures your connection to websites.

When you connect to a secure (https) website, your browser establishes a secure connection with that website. All data is encrypted so that only the browser and the website can see what is being sent over the connection. 🔒