A free tool for the Mozilla Firefox Web browser that can counter search hijacking on computer networks in the United States has been released by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Tor Project.
The tool, called HTTPS Everywhere, has been in beta since June of last year. Version 1.0 of the tool adds support for hundreds of more websites.
According to a report that appeared in the New Scientist yesterday, millions of Internet users in the United States are having their search results hijacked and redirected by some Internet Service Providers (ISPs), using a service provided by a company called Paxfire. That company and an ISP were targeted in a class action lawsuit filed yesterday in New York by Reese Richman, a law firm that specializes in consumer protection, and Milberg, a firm most noted for its shareholder rights suits.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237377/
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The tool, called HTTPS Everywhere, has been in beta since June of last year. Version 1.0 of the tool adds support for hundreds of more websites.
According to a report that appeared in the New Scientist yesterday, millions of Internet users in the United States are having their search results hijacked and redirected by some Internet Service Providers (ISPs), using a service provided by a company called Paxfire. That company and an ISP were targeted in a class action lawsuit filed yesterday in New York by Reese Richman, a law firm that specializes in consumer protection, and Milberg, a firm most noted for its shareholder rights suits.
More: http://www.pcworld.com/article/237377/
