The Web never forgets: Persistent tracking mechanisms in the wild
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the rst large-scale studies of three advanced web tracking mechanisms | canvas ngerprinting, evercookies and use of \cookie syncing" in conjunction with evercookies. Canvas ngerprinting, a recently developed form of browser ngerprinting, has not previously been reported in the wild; our results show that over 5% of the top 100,000 websites employ it. We then present the rst automated study of evercookies and respawning and the discovery of a new evercookie vector, IndexedDB. Turning to cookie syncing, we present novel techniques for detection and analysing ID ows and we quantify the amplication of privacy-intrusive tracking practices due to cookie syncing. See here
the rst large-scale studies of three advanced web tracking mechanisms | canvas ngerprinting, evercookies and use of \cookie syncing" in conjunction with evercookies. Canvas ngerprinting, a recently developed form of browser ngerprinting, has not previously been reported in the wild; our results show that over 5% of the top 100,000 websites employ it. We then present the rst automated study of evercookies and respawning and the discovery of a new evercookie vector, IndexedDB. Turning to cookie syncing, we present novel techniques for detection and analysing ID ows and we quantify the amplication of privacy-intrusive tracking practices due to cookie syncing. See here
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