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This is the third post in my series on voting systems. For background see part I. As described in part II, hand-counted paper ballots have a number of attractive security … Read moreThe post Why getting voting right is hard, Part III: Optical Scan appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

This year began like any other year, with our best intentions and resolutions to carry out. Then by March, the world changed and everyone’s lives — personally and professionally — … Read moreThe post Our Year in Review: How we’ve kept Firefox working for you in 2020 appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Mozilla is publishing its white paper, “Creating Trustworthy AI.” A little over two years ago, Mozilla started an ambitious project: deciding where we should focus our efforts to grow the … Read moreThe post Mozilla’s Vision for Trustworthy AI appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

In Part I we looked at desirable properties for voting system. In this post, I want to look at the details of a specific system: hand-counted paper ballots. Hand-counted paper … Read moreThe post Why getting voting right is hard, Part II: Hand-Counted Paper Ballots appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Every two years around this time, the US has an election and the rest of the world marvels and asks itself one question: What the heck is going on with … Read moreThe post Why getting voting right is hard, Part I: Introduction and Requirements appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

2020 has been a year like few others with the internet’s value and necessity front and center. The State of Mozilla for 2019-2020 makes clear that Mozilla’s mission and role … Read moreThe post State of Mozilla 2019-2020: Annual Impact Report appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Release of Mozilla's 2019 Greenhouse Gas emissions baseline, detailing the environmental impact for all three scopes and applicable categories and adding context and a few data visualisations to help make sense of these findings. Read moreThe post Release: Mozilla’s Greenhouse Gas emissions baseline appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Today the US Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, alleging that it unlawfully maintains monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices in the search and search advertising … Read moreThe post Mozilla Reaction to U.S. v. Google appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

It’s noisy out there. We are inundated with sensational headlines every minute, of every day. You almost could make a full-time job of sorting the fun, interesting or useful memes, … Read moreThe post The internet needs our love appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Right now, we’re in the early stages of the next phase of computing: AI. First we had the desktop. Then the internet. And smartphones. Increasingly, we’re living in a world … Read moreThe post Launching the European AI Fund appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

As Mozilla tightens and refines its product focus in 2020, today we are announcing the end of life for two legacy services that grew out of the Firefox Test Pilot … Read moreThe post Update on Firefox Send and Firefox Notes appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Today, Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker published an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, urging her to seize a ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity to build a better internet through … Read moreThe post Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker urges European Commission to seize ‘once-in-a-generation’ opportunity appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

The previous posts ( I, II, III, IV) focused primarily on remote login, either to multiuser systems or Web sites (though the same principles also apply to other networked services … Read moreThe post A look at password security, Part V: Disk Encryption appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Big news for mobile: as of today, Firefox for Android users in Europe will find an entirely redesigned interface and a fast and secure mobile browser that was overhauled down … Read moreThe post Fast, personalized and private by design on all platforms: introducing a new Firefox for Android experience appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

As discussed in part III, public key authentication is great in principle but in practice has been hard to integrate into the Web environment. However, we’re now seeing deployment of … Read moreThe post A look at password security, Part IV: WebAuthn appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

This is a time of change for the internet and for Mozilla. From combatting a lethal virus and battling systemic racism to protecting individual privacy — one thing is clear: … Read moreThe post Changing World, Changing Mozilla appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Let’s brainstorm a sustainable future together. Imagine: We are in the year 2050 and we’re opening the Museum of the Fossilized Internet, which commemorates two decades of a sustainable internet. … Read moreThe post Virtual Tours of the Museum of the Fossilized Internet appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Today, Firefox is introducing Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) 2.0, our next step in continuing to provide a safe and private experience for our users. ETP 2.0 protects you from an … Read moreThe post Latest Firefox rolls out Enhanced Tracking Protection 2.0; blocking redirect trackers by default appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

We are proud to share that Katharina Borchert, Mozilla’s Chief Open Innovation Officer, has been named one of the Most Creative People by Fast Company. The award recognizes her leadership on … Read moreThe post Fast Company Recognizes Katharina Borchert as one of the Most Creative Business People appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Today, Mozilla is pleased to announce that we’re joining the Ford Foundation, the Sloan Foundation, and the Open Society Foundations to launch a request for proposals (RFP) for research on … Read moreThe post Mozilla Joins New Partners to Fund Open Source Digital Infrastructure Research appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

In part II, we looked at the problem of Web authentication and covered the twin problems of phishing and password database compromise. In this post, I’ll be covering some of … Read moreThe post A look at password security, Part III: More secure login protocols appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Starting today, there’s a VPN on the market from a company you trust. The Mozilla VPN (Virtual Private Network) is now available on Windows, Android and iOS devices. This fast … Read moreThe post Mozilla Puts Its Trusted Stamp on VPN appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

In part I, we took a look at the design of password authentication systems for old-school multiuser systems. While timesharing is mostly gone, most of us continue to use multiuser … Read moreThe post A look at password security, Part II: Web Sites appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Sustainability is not just about ticking a few boxes by getting your Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG) inventory, adopting goals for reduction and mitigation, and accounting in shape. Any transformation towards … Read moreThe post Sustainability needs culture change. Introducing Environmental Champions. appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Over the last three plus years, Julie Hanna has brought extensive experience on innovation processes, global business operations, and mission-driven organizations to her role as a board member of Mozilla … Read moreThe post Thank you, Julie Hanna appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Today I’d like to talk about passwords. Yes, I know, passwords are the worst, but why? This is the first of a series of posts about passwords, with this one … Read moreThe post A look at password security, Part I: history and background appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Yesterday Mozilla and Comcast announced that Comcast was the latest member of Mozilla’s Trusted Recursive Resolver program, joining current partners Cloudflare and NextDNS. Comcast is the first Internet Service Provider … Read moreThe post More details on Comcast as a Trusted Recursive Resolver appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Committing to Data Retention and Transparency Requirements That Protect Customer Privacy Today, Mozilla, the maker of Firefox, and Comcast have announced Comcast as the first Internet Service Provider (ISP) to … Read moreThe post Comcast’s Xfinity Internet Service Joins Firefox’s Trusted Recursive Resolver Program appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

By its very design the internet has accelerated the sharing of ideas and information across borders, languages, cultures and time zones. Despite the awesome reach and power of what the … Read moreThe post Immigrants Remain Core to the U.S.’ Strength appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Mozilla stands with the family of companies and civil society groups calling on Facebook to take strong action to limit hateful and divisive content on their platforms. Mozilla and Firefox … Read moreThe post We’re proud to join #StopHateForProfit appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Today, I’m excited to welcome Navrina Singh as a new member of the Mozilla Foundation Board of Directors. You can see comments from Navrina here. Navrina is the Co-Founder of … Read moreThe post Navrina Singh Joins the Mozilla Foundation Board of Directors appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Firefox was my window into Mozilla 15 years ago, and it’s through this window I saw the power of an open and collaborative community driving lasting change. My admiration and … Read moreThe post Why I’m Joining the Mozilla Board appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

In this moment of rapid change, we recognize that the relics of racism exist. The actions we have seen most recently are not isolated actions. Racial injustice affects all aspects … Read moreThe post First Steps Toward Lasting Change appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Innovations spanning food supplies, medical records and PPE manufacture were today included in the final three awards made by Mozilla from its COVID-19 Solutions Fund. The Fund was established at … Read moreThe post Mozilla Announces Second Three COVID-19 Solutions Fund Recipients appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

It’s a stressful and strange time. Reading the news today can feel overwhelming, repetitive, and draining. We all feel it. We crave new inputs and healthy diversions—stories that can fuel … Read moreThe post Pocket provides fascinating reads from trusted sources in the UK with newest Firefox appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

The promise of America is “liberty and justice for all.” We must do more to live up to this promise. The events of last week once again shine a spotlight … Read moreThe post We’ve Got Work to Do appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Process, strategic goals, and next steps The programme may be new, but the process has been shaping for years: In March 2020, Mozilla officially launched a dedicated Environmental Sustainability Programme, … Read moreThe post Mozilla’s journey to environmental sustainability appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Last Thursday, the US Senate voted to renew the USA Freedom Act which authorizes a variety of forms of national surveillance. As has been reported, this renewal does not include … Read moreThe post The USA Freedom Act and Browsing History appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

As the maker of Firefox, we know that browsing and search data can provide a detailed portrait of our private lives and needs to be protected. That’s why we work … Read moreThe post Protecting Search and Browsing Data from Warrantless Access appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

A little over a year ago, I wrote the first of many posts arguing: if we want a healthy internet — and a healthy digital society — we need to … Read moreThe post Request for comment: how to collaboratively make trustworthy AI a reality appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

I’m excited to announce that Adam Seligman has joined Mozilla as our new Chief Operating Officer. Adam will work closely with me to help scale our businesses, growing capabilities, revenue … Read moreThe post Welcome Adam Seligman, Mozilla’s new Chief Operating Officer appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

If you are following the tech news, you might have seen the announcement that ICANN withheld consent for the change of control of the Public Interest Registry and that this … Read moreThe post What the heck happened with .org? appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

This blog post is to accompany the publication of the paper Choice of Voices: A Large-Scale Evaluation of Text-to-Speech Voice Quality for Long-Form Content in the Proceedings of CHI’20, by … Read moreThe post Mozilla research shows some machine voices score higher than humans appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Previously I wrote about the use of mobile apps for COVID contact tracing. This idea has gotten a lot of attention in the tech press — probably because there are … Read moreThe post More on COVID Surveillance: Mobile Phone Location appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

In less than two weeks, Mozilla received more than 160 applications from 30 countries for its COVID-19 Solutions Fund Awards. Today, the Mozilla Open Source Support Program (MOSS) is excited … Read moreThe post Mozilla announces the first three COVID-19 Solutions Fund Recipients appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Digital contact tracing apps have emerged in recent weeks as one potential tool in a suite of solutions that would allow countries around the world to respond to the COVID-19 … Read moreThe post Contact Tracing, Governments, and Data appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

A number of the proposals for how to manage the COVID-19 pandemic rely on being able to determine who has come into contact with infected people and therefore are at … Read moreThe post Looking at designs for COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Amid the pandemic, Mozilla is educating consumers about popular video apps’ privacy and security features and flaws [Update, April 29: Following the publication of Mozilla’s guide, Discord updated their password … Read moreThe post Which Video Call Apps Can You Trust? appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.

Will things like digital contact tracing leave a legacy of better privacy norms, or worse ones? The conversation about privacy and the pandemic — and about the idea of digital … Read moreThe post Privacy Norms and the Pandemic appeared first on The Mozilla Blog.