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Apr 19, 2022 · Information Security

Web Scraping Legalized and Chrome Zero‑Day Patched: Key Tech Updates

Recent developments include a US appellate court affirming that publicly accessible web data can be scraped legally, Google releasing an emergency Chrome 100.0.4896.127 patch for the critical CVE‑2022‑1364 V8 type‑confusion flaw, DB‑Engines’ latest database popularity rankings highlighting Redis’s rise, and Mullvad’s Firefox‑only privacy extension becoming open‑source.