You're probably accustomed to hearing about – and may have been affected by – data breaches that provide hackers with oodles of usernames and passwords to people ...

When visiting a website for the first time, you will invariably encounter a prompt to "accept cookies." While allowing cookies lets you enjoy a custom experience, allowing you to bypass logging in and ...

Now Google is trying to thwart the threat with a new prototype feature for the Chrome browser. The system is called "Device Bound Session Credentials," and will use encryption to prevent hackers from ...

For many years, privacy advocates have been sounding the alarm on the use of cookies to track, profile, and serve personalized ads to web users. The discussion has been especially acute over cookies ...