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Mozilla's latest version of the Firefox browser, released Tuesday, includes a new privacy mechanism that enables people to hinder device fingerprinting -- a controversial tracking technique. The tool, ...

WEBVTT MEGAN PRINGLE SHOWS US SOME SOFTWARE FROM A BALTIMORE STARTUP THAT CLAIMS IT CAN PROTECT YOU ONLINE. MEGAN: WELL YOU ARE ONLINE LOOKING AT CLOSE, RESEARCHING A MEDICAL CONDITION, OR CHECKING ...

The California Horse Racing Board has introduced fingerprint scanning technology to its permit process to quickly identify those applicants who are disqualified from obtaining licenses and prevent ...

Search engine outfit Google is bringing back "digital fingerprinting" in five weeks which means it is back to spying on users to make big bucks from advertising. For those not in the know, digital ...

Digital age, and the stealin’ is easy. Regardless of the content type — be it a text, audio or video file — computer users can seemingly download and upload copyrighted content with near impunity.

Because we do most things on digital devices these days, we may leave our digital fingerprints everywhere. CNET senior writer Attila Tomaschek told me that digital fingerprints consist of pieces of ...

From left: Nassau County Legislator Delia DeRiggi-Whitton, PWPD Chief Robert Del Muro and Detective Anthony Guzzello review the new digital fingerprint scanner funded by the County. (Photo courtesy of ...

The U.S. Postal Service is expanding the digital fingerprinting service it offers the public to hundreds of new post offices this year. USPS struck a deal with French security company IDEMIA to bring ...

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Fingerprint cards and ink pads have given way to electronic fingerprinting when it comes to doing state-mandated applicant background checks in Michigan. Under a new agreement, an applicant's ...