The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), privacy company Disconnect and a coalition of Internet companies have announced a new “Do Not Track” policy setting for browsers. The EFF and the Internet ...

A team of European security researchers has published a paper analyzing how the battery life of mobile devices could be used to track web browsing habits of Firefox users on Linux, using the HTML5 ...

As if we needed another vector for our online privacy to be invaded, it appears that site operators may have another tool at their disposal when it comes tracking visitors. Security researchers from ...

First introduced in August 2012, Battery Status API is an HTML5 specification that provides information about a devices’ battery charge level; it’s used in Firefox, Opera, and Chrome. Security ...

There are many ways for online snoops to grab hold of your private browsing habits, but who knew accessing information about your device's battery life is one way to do it? A new study published by a ...

Researchers have confirmed that an HTML5 standard for browsers, known as the Battery Status API, is being used to track users on the web. The Battery Status API allows a site owner to ask for the ...