Note: I expect to update this post over time. Last update: Sept 29, 2025. Compatibility Deltas As our new Edge Insider builds roll out to the public, we’re starting to triage reports of compatibility issues where Edge79+ (the new Chromium-based Edge, aka Anaheim) behaves differently than the old Edge (Edge18, aka Spartan, aka Edge Legacy)Continue reading “Edge79+ vs. Edge18 (Edge Legacy) vs. Chrome vs. Internet Explorer”
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Protect Your Accounts with 2FA
You should enable “2-Step Verification” for logins to your Google account. Google Authenticator is an app that runs on your iOS or Android phone and gives out 6 digit codes that must be entered when you log in on a device. This can’t really prevent phishing (because a phishing page will just ask you forContinue reading “Protect Your Accounts with 2FA”
Delete Cookies for a Single Site
Resolve Network Errors by deleting cookies for a single website.
Securely Displaying URLs
One of my final projects on the Chrome team was writing an internal document outlining Best Practices for Secure URL Display. Yesterday, it got checked into the public Chromium repro, so if this is a topic that interests you, please have a look! Additionally, at Enigma 2019, the Chrome team released Trickuri (pronounced “trickery”) a tool forContinue reading “Securely Displaying URLs”
Cookie Controls, Revisited
Update: The October 2018 Cumulative Security Update (KB4462919) brings the RS5 Cookie Control changes described below to Windows 10 RS2, RS3, and RS4. Note: Most of the content about “Edge” in this post describes Edge Legacy– modern Edge is based on Chromium and behaves mostly like Chrome. See more discussion of 3P cookies in 2022’s NewContinue reading “Cookie Controls, Revisited”
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