Indiana prof tossing his 'active cookies' at security threats

An Indiana University scientist is behind a new company exploiting cookie technology to protect Web users from identity theft and other online threats. Markus Jacobsson, associate professor of informatics and associate director of the Indiana University Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, is promoting the new security technique through a start-up called RavenWhite that he founded with Ari Juels, manager and principal research scientist at RSA Laboratories.

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