Andrey Meshkov, CTO and Co-Founder at AdGuard

CTO and Co-Founder at AdGuard

Andrey Meshkov is a co-founder and CTO of AdGuard ad blocker. He's been working in IT for over 15 years and has accumulated tons of experience not just in his primary work area, but also in related ones, such as online privacy concerns. Sometimes the urge to share his thoughts becomes too unbearable and he takes a break from coding to write an article or two.

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Data Privacy Insights

The Age Verification Law That Could Change Social Media in the US

July 10, 2023

Age verification laws will require social media platforms to collect more of your personal information, from your birth certificate to your school records to biometrics. The process may expose you to more privacy threats, such as potential data abuse, data leaks, and identity theft.

Data Privacy Insights

Mozilla Solves the Manifest V3 Puzzle To Save Ad Blockers From Chromapocalypse

February 15, 2023

The problem with Manifest V3 is that it limits the number of built-in and user-added rules for extensions installed by an individual user. Since at the core of any ad blocker extension is the filtering rules that teach it to detect ads, such restrictions can become a real snag.

Mozilla Solves the Manifest V3 Puzzle To Save Ad Blockers From Chromapocalypse

Russian Phishing Campaign Targets Messaging App Users to Steal Recovery Keys and Take Over Accounts

“Cyber Shield,” Britain’s Agentic AI Cyber Defense Project, Prepares for the World of Machine-Speed Attacks

Data Breach Hits AssuranceAmerica Exposing Personal Information of Nearly 7 Million People

Data Breach at Aflac Japan Impacts 4.38 Million Customers and Sales Agents