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We explain how cyberattackers intercept cookies, the role of the session ID, and how to keep your cookies from going over to the dark side.

Thousands of companies exist for one purpose only: to collect and resell information about each of us. How do they do it, how can you limit data collection, and how do you delete what’s already been collected?

How to counter new privacy invasions by browser developers

In the wake of Google and Facebook, Mozilla has introduced its own technology for replacing third-party cookies: let’s take a look at how privacy-preserving attribution works.

How to use private browsing mode, what it doesn’t protect against, and why Google is deleting five billion dollars’ worth of user data.

Facebook now collects your link history and uses it to show targeted ads. Here’s how to disable this “handy” feature.

From watching foreign sports to finding the best online sales, we share the top high-speed VPN lifehacks.

How to remove browser ads in two clicks using our Anti-Banner feature.

Listen to your cookies with the Listening Back browser extension to understand the real scale of Web tracking.

Learn about Android device identifiers and how apps abuse them to make more money on ads.

Jeff and Dave discuss the latest hurdles for the Equifax breach settlement, Entercom being hit with ransomware, and more.

Chrome learns to block ads by itself. What has Google come up with, and how will it help users?

Websites are logging your clicks, keystrokes, and more

What should you do if your antivirus detects something it calls “not-a-virus”? What kind of applications are behind this message, and what is all the fuss about?

Advertising can sometimes be annoying — and sometimes it can be malicious. Businesses that make their money selling advertisements sometimes go too far trying to make sure you see their ads. Recently researchers found that one such business — a big digital-marketing agency — went as far as installing adware on 250 million computers running Windows and macOS all over the world.

Targeted ads are all over the Internet nowadays. One minute you’re searching for information about hair loss, the next you’re seeing offers for a remedy. Click the Like button on

It’s the small things in life — delicious tea in your favorite mug, comfortable shoes, a flower on the window seat, and … the Kaspersky Protection browser extension. We’ve already discussed its

Public awareness of — and wariness about — Web privacy continues to grow. That should come as no surprise: These days, pervasive cybertracking affects everyone. In this article, the last

The Internet is up to its ears in ads. They can overwhelm pages and make it hard to focus on the content. We recently explained how Internet ads work, and today we

If you don’t go to suspicious sites, malware can’t get you — right? Well, no. Unfortunately, even those who do not open unreliable e-mail attachments, avoid porn sites, and do

For centuries, advertising was fundamentally unidirectional. A company blasted out advertising and the public — actually, not a very predictable portion of the public — received it. That’s still the