WEBVTT MEGAN PRINGLE SHOWS US SOME SOFTWARE FROM A BALTIMORE STARTUP THAT CLAIMS IT CAN PROTECT YOU ONLINE. MEGAN: WELL YOU ARE ONLINE LOOKING AT CLOSE, RESEARCHING A MEDICAL CONDITION, OR CHECKING ...

In much the same way as Google decided not to kill off third-party cookies in Chrome, the company’s recent announcement of a more relaxed stance on fingerprinting has certainly raised some eyebrows.

Mozilla's latest version of the Firefox browser, released Tuesday, includes a new privacy mechanism that enables people to hinder device fingerprinting -- a controversial tracking technique. The tool, ...

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Think that turning off cookies and turning on private browsing makes you invisible on the web? Think again. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has launched a new web app dubbed Panopticlick that ...

Ever wondered why the same ads seem to follow you everywhere you go online and why they look awfully related to that article you just read or that item you just bought? It’s a bit like a barcode, and ...

If you’ve spent any time online you’re well aware the internet is infested with bots and shit stirrers of all stripes pretending to be people they aren’t. Though bot proliferation, in particular, is ...

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"It's part of our commitment to efficient government service," said Samuel Gedman, Grand Traverse County Clerk.

Most everyone is aware of how tracking cookies work (or if you're not, you should be). They're little pieces of data added to your browser that track your behavior on the web. Usually, you notice them ...