'Canvas fingerprinting' tracking is sneaky but easy to halt
A method for tracking users across the Internet called "canvas fingerprinting" is simple to stop, but average Internet users may not know how to do it.
A method for tracking users across the Internet called "canvas fingerprinting" is simple to stop, but average Internet users may not know how to do it.
A Boston-based company, Abine, is beefing its anti-tracking browser extension to let users shield their real credit card details, email addresses and phone numbers during web transactions.
A new privacy tool called MaskMe lets people create alias email addresses to evade data harvesting efforts by websites and marketers.
A new privacy tool called MaskMe may help people evade data harvesting efforts by websites and marketers.
Looking to have a romantic Valentine's Day with your sweetheart? Maybe you should use Facebook a little less.
People who want to limit the behavioral advertising and tracking they are subjected to on the Web aren't well served by some popular privacy tools, according to a Carnegie Mellon University study.
Abine, a company that specializes in Web privacy, has upgraded a Firefox extension that can more precisely block ad networks and websites from tracking users' behavior.
A company that builds tools to give greater privacy online released a free browser extension on Tuesday that lets users selectively decide which websites they will allow to track them.