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Researchers reveal new online user tracking techniques

Researchers have identified a number of online user tracking techniques that can’t be blocked by browsers’ built-in anti-tracking defenses and existing …

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New security, privacy features in iOS 12 and macOS Mojave

Apple has announced a slew of new features for iOS 12 and macOS Mojave (10.14), but also some security and privacy improvements that should make privacy-minded users very …

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DuckDuckGo offers new privacy extension and app

DuckDuckGo, the company behind the eponymous privacy-minded Internet search engine, has announced a new browser extension and mobile app: DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials. …

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Ad targeters exploit browsers’ password managers to track users online

Ad targeters are exploiting browsers’ built-in login managers to covertly collect hashes of users’ email addresses, to be used to track them across the web. …

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The privacy implications of email tracking

Emails are a widely used means for third parties to tie your email address to your activities across the web, Princeton University researchers have discovered. The extent of …

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Mozilla ports simplified private browsing app to Android

Less than a year since the release of Firefox Focus for iOS, Mozilla has ported the privacy-focused browser to Android. What is Firefox Focus? Firefox Focus is a simplified …

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Americans increasingly worry about online privacy and security

Americans are increasingly concerned about their online privacy and security, and apprehensive about increased government surveillance in the new presidential administration, …

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Your web browsing history can be linked to your social media accounts

Your web browsing history contains enough information for third parties to be able to link it to your social media profile (Twitter, Facebook, Reddit), Stanford and Princeton …

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Accurate cross-browser fingerprinting is possible, researchers show

A group of researchers have come up with a browser fingerprinting technique that can allow interested parties to “identify” users across different browsers (on the …

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Firefox to prevent sites from tracking users by checking their battery status

Version 52 of the popular Firefox browser will no longer allow websites to access the Battery Status API and the information it can provide about the visitor’s device. …

Who’s tracking you online, and how?

Armed with a tool that mimics a consumer browser but is actually bent on discovering all the ways websites are tracking visitors, Princeton University researchers have …

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