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June 28, 2026 · 4 min read

An Ad Blocker With 10 Million Users Was Carrying a Hidden 'Inject Anything' Switch

A popular Chrome ad blocker wasn't hacked. It was built with a dormant code path that could run any script on any site you visit, flippable from a server with nobody reviewing it. Here's how to check your own extensions today.

June 24, 2026 · 4 min read

Your Inbox Is Everyone Else's Billboard

We treat the inbox like it belongs to us. It doesn't. Here is how it actually works, and how to get it back.

June 23, 2026 · 5 min read

I Gave 10 Sites My Real Email. Here's the First 7 Days of Spam.

An experiment: a fresh inbox, ten ordinary signups, no other activity. Just to find out what your real email is actually worth on the open market.

June 21, 2026 · 4 min read

How Email Tracking Pixels Work (and How to Kill Them)

Every marketing email knows when you opened it, where you were, and what device you used. Here is the 1x1 trick they are using, and how to opt out by default.

June 20, 2026 · 3 min read

24 Billion Stolen Logins Leaked. The Scary Part Is How Most of Them Got There.

A database of 24 billion stolen logins surfaced this month. The headlines said change your passwords. They skipped the part that matters: a huge share came from ordinary people's own devices, not big company hacks.

June 14, 2026 · 10 min read

In a Data Breach? The 4 Things to Do in the Next 24 Hours

Your email turned up in a data breach. Most of the advice is useless. Here are the 4 things that actually matter, and 3 take under five minutes.

June 7, 2026 · 6 min read

How I Catch the Exact Company That Sold My Email Address

I gave one retailer my email and within two weeks three companies I had never heard of were emailing me. Here is the method I use to catch the leaker in the act, by name, before the spam even starts.