In my previous post, I showed how LinkedIn detects browser extensions as part of its client-side fingerprinting strategy.

If you are worried about your privacy online and being tracked by big corporations you might be interested in more about Browser Fingerprinting. A tracking method that collects detailed information ...

The specific combination of mundane information such as your plugins and system fonts can be used to create a “fingerprint” for your browser that could potentially uniquely identify you. To showcase ...

Tracking users online has long been a core part of how websites deliver targeted ads and personalized content. Traditional ...

Clearing your cookies is not enough to protect your privacy online. New research led by Texas A&M University found that websites are covertly using browser fingerprinting — a method to uniquely ...

One of the perks of using Chrome is a wide assortment of browser extensions at your disposal. Including themes and apps, there are over 200,000 of them in the Chrome Web Store. There's strength in ...

Even without cookies, popular browsers such as Internet Explorer and Firefox give Web sites enough information to get a unique picture of their visitors about 94 percent of the time, according to ...

CHICAGO -- Chances are, you "Google" something several times a day. "When you have a random question, the first thing you pull up is Google," said Google user Christine Leos. But what are you giving ...

Why it matters: Fingerprinting algorithms can provide a website with unique IDs on its visitors. It's a powerful tracking technology that requires equally powerful countermeasures, but sometimes ...

Open-source browser fingerprinting startup FingerprintJS Inc. said today it has raised $32 million in new funding to accelerate the development of additional developer tools, including a JavaScript ...

You've probably heard the phrase "if you're not paying for it, you're the product." With free web services, that's especially true. Advertisers and data brokers ...