Mozilla's Firefox browser quietly began testing the “Global Privacy Control” opt-out tool several weeks ago, and expects to roll out the feature more broadly in ...

A group of tech companies, publishers, and activist groups including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Mozilla, and DuckDuckGo are backing a new standard to let internet users set their privacy ...

But privacy is much more about the collective, about society. I might not be worried about my own privacy, but I should care about the privacy of other people, about people on the margins, the more ...

In further response to the controversy surrounding Facebook’s data sharing agreement with London-based data mining firm Cambridge Analytica, the social networking giant has announced further steps to ...

The upcoming version of Mozilla's Firefox browser will enable users to activate the Global Privacy Tool -- a universal "do-not-share-my-data" command -- directly from ...

While robust passwords help you secure your valuable online accounts, hardware-based two-factor authentication takes that security to the next level. Read now Mozilla ...

Whenever you visit a website, it sets off a chain of modules that are programmed to make the most out of your data. In many cases, that means your personal information is put up for sale and sold to ...

Anyone who remembers Do Not Track—the initiative that was supposed to allow browser users to reclaim their privacy on the Web—knows it was a failure. Not only did websites ignore it, using it arguably ...

The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issues numerous standards, guides and directions on a wide variety of technology and security issues. Most readers are familiar with the ...

Is that even possible actually? ZOMORODI: Well, I think people felt they did get back some control, or at least they understood what it feels like to have a little control. But also, they realized how ...