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Safari blocks trackers that turn your email into a tracking ID

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Safari blocks trackers that turn your email into a tracking ID 2026-10-21 at 11:53 By Anamarija Pogorelec Apple’s new anti-tracking protections in Safari and WebKit, the open-source web engine used by Safari, block connections to identity resolution services that turn email addresses into persistent tracking identifiers. How email addresses become tracking IDs This “post-cookie” tracking […]

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GDPR works, but only where someone enforces it

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GDPR works, but only where someone enforces it 2026-04-23 at 07:32 By Sinisa Markovic A new measurement study of web tracking across ten countries offers a reality check for anyone working on privacy compliance. Researchers crawled the same set of globally popular websites from virtual machines located in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Singapore, South […]

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To counter cookie theft, Chrome ships device-bound session credentials

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To counter cookie theft, Chrome ships device-bound session credentials 2026-04-10 at 14:45 By Mirko Zorz Cookie theft follows a well-established pattern. Infostealer malware infiltrates a device, extracts authentication cookies, and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled server. Because cookies often have extended lifetimes, attackers can access accounts without passwords, then bundle and sell the stolen credentials. […]

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How to secure your personal metadata from online trackers

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How to secure your personal metadata from online trackers 2025-03-13 at 18:02 By Anamarija Pogorelec When it comes to safeguarding your privacy online, most people focus on securing passwords, encrypting communications, and clearing browsing history. While these practices are essential, they overlook one important element—metadata. This data, which is collected about your digital interactions, can […]

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Avast ordered to pay $16.5 million for misuse of user data

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Avast ordered to pay $16.5 million for misuse of user data 2024-02-23 at 13:18 By Help Net Security The Federal Trade Commission will require software provider Avast to pay $16.5 million and prohibit the company from selling or licensing any web browsing data for advertising purposes to settle charges that the company and its subsidiaries […]

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