A 23-year-old side-channel attack for spying on people's web browsing histories will get shut down in the forthcoming Chrome 136, released last Thursday to the Chrome beta channel.… At least that's ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Zak Doffman writes about security, surveillance and privacy. If ever there was a case of hiding in plain sight, this is it. Most ...

It only took 20 years: Browsers have long exposed visited link history to malicious websites, enabling attackers to profile users or run phishing campaigns. By isolating link history with a new ...

Google is fixing a long-standing privacy issue that, for years, enabled websites to determine users' browsing history through the previously visited links. The problem arises from allowing sites to ...