In fraud and bot detection, people usually think of fingerprinting as the classic browser or device fingerprint. This comes ...

Identity platform startup Stytch Inc. today unveiled advanced capabilities for its Device Fingerprinting technology that allows developers to integrate fraud prevention into their applications. Stytch ...

Google is readying a privacy initiative aimed at hindering “device fingerprinting” -- a controversial tracking technology that recognizes users based on their computers' characteristics. The planned ...

Meta starts addressing WhatsApp vulnerabilities that expose user metadata that allows adversaries to ‘fingerprint’ a device’s ...

For years, Google has condemned digital fingerprinting -- a controversial technique that covertly tracks users based on IP addresses, the software installed on their computers and other ...

Apple's App Store has already been rejecting apps that collect user data to circumvent privacy measures, but soon developers will be required to justify their use of certain features. In a new update ...

In a December, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) responded to Google’s decision to lift a prohibition on device fingerprinting (which involves collecting and combining information about a ...

In late December, right before the holidays, Google announced a policy change that elicited both cheers and jeers. Starting on February 16, Google said it will no longer prohibit fingerprinting for ...

In much the same way as Google decided not to kill off third-party cookies in Chrome, the company’s recent announcement of a more relaxed stance on fingerprinting has certainly raised some eyebrows.

Fingerprints, also called dermatoglyphs, develop as early as three months of gestation and are entirely unique to each individual. It’s why they are commonly used as a form of biometric security to ...