January news digest

This digest covers the release of our new product AdGuard Temp Mail, the historical ban on a data broker in the US, and Googles take on Chromes Incognito Mode. We also take a look at the face-off between YouTube and ad blockers, as well as the problems with Chromes 3rd party cookie replacement.

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YouTube tried to block video playback for ad-blocking users last year. Some even thought that this global effort would lead to the demise of ad blockers. But that did not happen.

Chrome has begun phasing out third-party cookies, the infamous tracking tool, for 1% of its users. Why is this happening? And how good is the replacement?

The US government has banned a location data broker from spilling users sensitive information to government contractors and others without consent. This is great news, but is it enough?

When you switch to Incognito mode in Chrome, Google is still able to see everything youre doing there, the company itself admitted. At long last.

Ring is disabling a feature in its app that allowed the police to talk to users via direct message, limiting the access to footage from their security cameras without a warrant. This is a step in the right direction.