In addition to having multimedia and other rich content, Web sites are becoming a lot more interactive and have areas where people can sign in to user accounts for access to settings, discussion ...

Browser fingerprinting is a sneaky way advertisers and others track you online. We explain how this surveillance technique ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The internet’s largest gatekeepers have had it with cookies, and they’re waging a war to wipe them off the face of the web. No company is more at the forefront of this uprising than Google, which ...

Recently, little boxes began popping up on Web pages I visited. They showed my picture and welcomed me by name. They also included details that made it clear these sites knew I was a Facebook member.

Researchers in Scotland are developing a new kind of Web monitoring software that they claim can collect enormous amounts of data on Web surfers while remaining nearly undetectable. The technology ...

Web browser cookies are a part of our every day Internet life. They help websites provide certain settings and memorize our passwords and preferences so we don’t have to do it. It’s also the perfect ...