Neowin News Feed for: Fingerprinting

"Disturbing" new detail emerges about DeepSeek and what it does with your data

David Uzondu — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:58:01 +0000

A new report from a cybersecurity firm has revealed some details about hidden code in DeepSeek that raises privacy concerns. Read more...

Google Chrome 105 is shipping today despite Apple's privacy concerns

Usama Jawad — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 09:00:01 +0000

Google will be rolling out Chrome 105 today. It includes a lot of new features for developers and end-users, including a controversial one that Apple dislikes for its privacy flaws. Read more...

Google announces plans to phase out support for third-party cookies in Chrome

Paul Hill — Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:28:01 +0000

Google has announced that it will phase out support for third-party cookies in Chrome within the next two years. It will work with other web bodies to develop viable privacy-friendly alternatives. Read more...

The Tor Project releases Tor Browser 9.0 with several UX improvements

Paul Hill — Wed, 23 Oct 2019 07:34:01 +0000

The Tor Project has released version 9.0 of the Tor Browser. The new update improves the user experience and also adds support for letterboxing which helps prevent sites from identifying users. Read more...

Mozilla adds fingerprinting and cryptomining protections in Firefox Nightly and Beta builds

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 09 Apr 2019 17:58:01 +0000

Mozilla has announced that it's working to implement protections against fingerprinting and cryptocurrency mining scripts in Firefox. These features can now be tested in Nightly and Beta builds. Read more...

Firefox may soon offer a way to block cryptocurrency miners and fingerprinting

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 19:10:05 +0000

A new bug filed in Mozilla's bug tracker indicates that the team is working to implement a feature which will allow users to block cryptocurrency mining and fingerprinting while browsing the web. Read more...