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Websites are tracking you via browser fingerprinting, researchers show (techxplore.com)

submitted 1 week ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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Clearing your cookies is not enough to protect your privacy online. New research led by Texas A&M University has found that websites are covertly using browser fingerprinting—a method to uniquely identify a web browser—to track people across browser sessions and sites.

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[–] Dequei@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh no, unexpected

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Right?

They're only about 15 years behind

[–] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Even though it's common knowledge for us, I'd wager it's not common knowledge for the general public. It's important to continuously call these things out so the people who weren't or couldn't pay attention to this before can do so now.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I find it really weird that lots of the younger generation are as tech savvy as my parents. Perks of growing up in the Internet Wild West, I guess...

Imagine how well LimeWire or Kazaa would work out for the younger Z's and As.

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

You'd be surprised how fast they'd learn for free music :p

[–] thefartographer@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Give them a break, they're Aggies.

Texas jokes!