Microsoft introduced today a new feature to its new Chromium-based Edge browser that it calls Tracking Prevention. As the name implies, the new feature can be used to block tracking scripts loaded by ...

Apple skillfully protects user privacy by preventing advertisers from tracking everyone. Companies buying ads are less interested in anyone using Apple’s Safari browser because advertising agencies ...

Apple shed light on its policy on cross-site tracking prevention last week and, if you read between the lines (and use a magnifying glass), it’s leaving the door slightly cracked on a potential ...

Apple’s WebKit team today has released its full “Tracking Prevention Policy.” This policy is an outline of WebKit’s tracking efforts and details what types of tracking WebKit will prevent, ...

WebKit, the open source engine that underpins Internet browsers including Apple’s Safari browser, has announced a new tracking prevention policy that takes the strictest line yet on the background and ...

The beta releases of iOS 12.2 and Safari 12.1 on macOS High Sierra and Mojave include an updated version of the WebKit Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP) feature that will further decrease trackers ...

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Google researchers discovered multiple security flaws in Apple's Safari web browser that let users' browsing habits be tracked despite Apple's Intelligent Tracking Prevention feature. Google plans to ...

One more cookie workaround bites the dust, in Safari at least. The latest iteration of Intelligent Tracking Prevention, ITP 2.3, is cracking down on localStorage and other tracking mechanisms that try ...

Recently Mozilla has updated Firefox with features that block companies from tracking you across different websites, and now Microsoft is testing similar tech in its Chromium-based Edge browser.

Apple's WebKit team has published a "WebKit Tracking Prevention Policy" that details a range of anti-tracking measures it has developed and the types of tracking practices it believes are harmful to ...

In the latest Canary build, there's a flag called "edge-tracking-prevention." Similar to Chrome, you can access flags by going to the "edge://flags" page in the address bar. After enabling the flag, ...