Firefox officially rolled out its Total Cookie Protection feature last week, which is a clever and elegant solution for blocking tracking using third party cookies. Unfortunately… it doesn’t seem to be working for me when I tested it. There are at least a couple reasons for why this might be, and a workaround, both of which I will discuss in today’s Tip of the Week.

Also: A drunk employee lost a flash drive with half a million customer’s data in Japan; a TikTok leak appears to show that even with US user data being “moved” to US soil, engineers in China can still access it; a new voicemail scam tries to trick you into giving up your Microsoft account credentials; MEGA fixes several flaws which might allow a rogue employee to view your data; 56 security flaws in industrial systems could impact thousands of devices around the world; Google Password Manager now allows for client-side encryption; Microsoft’s Defender is now available for non-Windows devices (for a fee); T-Mobile is the latest to use its privileged position to hoover up and sell customer data; spyware companies are proliferating; Facebook is receiving sensitive medical info from it’s Meta Pixel; and vacation rentals are sadly great places for spycams, and I’ll help you try to spot them.

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