A HTML5 exploit has left web users vulnerable to online tracking according to a new scientific report. 'The leaking battery: A privacy analysis of the HTML5 Battery Status API’ from French and Belgian ...

Websites may be tracking people across the internet by checking their device battery life - and might even be hoping to panic users into spending money. This is the conclusion of researchers at ...

European researchers published a paper revealing that your privacy could be compromised from the battery in your smartphone or laptop. Most people are probably unaware of something called the battery ...

As if we needed another vector for our online privacy to be invaded, it appears that site operators may have another tool at their disposal when it comes tracking visitors. Security researchers from ...

There are a myriad of ways you can be tracked online – from supercookies, to canvas fingerprinting and malware. Now you can add your device’s battery status to the list, according to research by Steve ...

Your battery life could give snoopers a backdoor into tracking your internet activity. That's according to French and Belgian researchers, who claim to have ...

Your battery life is betraying your identity all across the internet, potentially allowing companies to take advantage of you—even if you’ve tried to protect your privacy. That’s the conclusion of new ...

A team of European security researchers has published a paper analyzing how the battery life of mobile devices could be used to track web browsing habits of Firefox users on Linux, using the HTML5 ...

Smartphone users' battery levels could be used to monitor their online activity, according to a new study by Princeton University iStock Low phone battery level may be an unavoidable part of our ...

A team of European security researchers has published a paper analyzing how the battery life of mobile devices could be used to track web browsing habits of Firefox users on Linux, using the HTML5 ...