Explore how digital fingerprints track online activity, their role in privacy, cybersecurity risks, and why protecting your ...

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Former President Barack Obama suggested in a new interview the development of "digital fingerprints" to combat misinformation and distinguish between true and misleading news for consumers. Obama sat ...

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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 ...

In dystopian science fiction novels, the powers-that-be know everything. Data from billions of sources gets silently collected, neatly collated and then stored in omnipotent networks. The New York ...

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 ...

Ever wondered why the same ads seem to follow you everywhere you go online and why they look awfully related to that article you just read or that item you just bought? While cookie tracking works by ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. Advestigo. No, it's not the sidekick of Magneto, the ...