Browser fingerprinting is a sneaky way your web activity is tracked, and no matter what browser you use, it's probably ...

What you need to know about cookies and how to stay safe from "trackers" There are many good uses of HTTP cookies, but they can also carry codes that cyber criminals can exploit. Gulf News Highlights ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the business of personal data. It may raise hackles to think that U.S. intelligence officials might be monitoring ...

Attention, webmasters: Insecure website cookies set via HTTP requests may allow a remote attacker to obtain private information from a victim's HTTPS session, warns DHS-CERT. The problem is this: A ...

The National Security Agency's Internet site has been placing files on visitors' computers that can track their Web surfing activity despite strict federal rules banning most of them. These files, ...

"Police blotter" is a weekly CNET News.com report on the intersection of technology and the law. What: A Texas man says the timestamp of cookies on his Web browser proves he was actually online and ...

Having previously revealed the upcoming demise of cookies in its platform, Google pledged this week that it won’t swap in a similar web tracker. But that doesn’t mean there are no other plans in the ...

A recent addition to America Online's privacy policy clears the way for the company to use online tracking tools, including cookies and Web bugs, to compile anonymous data about its members and ...