Scientific study finds that #adtech IS using browser #fingerprinting to track people and so it no longer matters so much how good you are at blocking #cookies and #trackers 😒

https://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2025/06/websites-are-tracking-you-via-browser-fingerprinting.html

They call on browser makers to do more. @jon is your team putting effort into this area?

@johnnyryan I suggest this area is added to your investigations since it is linked to the #RTB system and #databrokers 🙏

#browserfingerprinting #surveillancecapitalism
#privacy

New research confirms websites are actively using browser fingerprinting to track users across sessions—even after cookies are cleared. FPTrace framework links fingerprints to real-time ad bidding, exposing privacy law gaps.

https://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2025/06/websites-are-tracking-you-via-browser-fingerprinting.html

#Privacy #CyberSecurity #BrowserFingerprinting #AdTech

Websites Are Tracking You via Browser Fingerprinting

https://engineering.tamu.edu/news/2025/06/websites-are-tracking-you-via-browser-fingerprinting.html

#HackerNews #WebTracking #BrowserFingerprinting #Privacy #DigitalSecurity #CyberAwareness

Your browser fingerprint is more unique than your name.
Canvas, fonts, OS, plugins—all logged.
🛑 Use anti-fingerprint browsers like Brave or Tor.
🛑 Disable JavaScript when possible.
🛑 Spoof your setup with tools like Trace.

#PrivacyTech #Infosec #BrowserFingerprinting #CyberSecurity

10 Browser Security Myths You Need to Stop Believing

https://techlore.tv/w/oJw4m1HVZf4jJw8dGTgPEG

So here's a question for anyone familiar with EFF's Cover Your Tracks and browser fingerprints. If your fingerprint matches another 1 in xxxxxxxx fingerprints, can I assume that the smaller xxxxxxxx is, the less unique, i.e. harder to identify?

#EFF #browserfingerprinting #privacy

Browser Fingerprinting Masterclass: How It Works & How To Protect Yourself

https://techlore.tv/w/v2aUR1LHUFh2zufSxAT3Qw

@leberschnitzel shure. Take your time.

• Usually the most effective solutions are further away from said webserver.

Espechally since #JavaScript gets universally blocked by users of @torproject / #TorBrowser like myself simply because every single piece of #JS I came across was not "technically necessary" if not outright #malware designed to do #Cryptojacking, #BrowserFingerprinting and/or steal logins.

@jherazob @leberschnitzel

Shure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dread_(forum)

Another Forum that has implemented good Anti-DDoS seems to be BreachForums

One does have to admit they are able to do #DDoS-#protection w/o value-removing middlemen, #JavaScript and #BrowserFingerprinting…

BBC: Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy. “Privacy campaigners have called Google’s new rules on tracking people online ‘a blatant disregard for user privacy.’ Changes which come in on Sunday permit so-called “fingerprinting”, which allows online advertisers to collect more data about users including their IP addresses and information about their devices.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/17/bbc-critics-say-new-google-rules-put-profits-over-privacy/

Wow, fingerprinting with CSS only. Impressive and scaring.
#css #browserfingerprinting
From: @barefootstache
https://qoto.org/@barefootstache/113871345710087024

Test your browser for tracking:
https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/
#browsers #Tracking #brave #browserfingerprinting

Do you know about browser fingerprinting ? this is useful, useful for whom ?

#browserfingerprinting #fingerprinting #privacy #probablysecurity

https://medium.com/probablysecurity/do-you-know-about-browser-fingerprinting-this-is-useful-useful-for-whom-16d527dd08fe

The National (Scotland): ICO criticises Google over ‘irresponsible’ advertising tracking change. “Fingerprinting involves collecting pieces of information about a device’s software and hardware which can be combined to uniquely identify a device and its user – and the ICO has warned that this technology is harder to wipe than clearing cookies or site data from a web browser, meaning […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2024/12/21/the-national-scotland-ico-criticises-google-over-irresponsible-advertising-tracking-change/

@jbz this is why using @torproject / #TorBrowser is my main recommendation.

• Cuz they'll inherently keep #ads out of it if not for the sake of #accessibility and saving #traffic on #Tor, then it's to enshure #privacy of users and twart #BrowserFingerprinting tactics!

So, summarizing my feed the last few weeks: #Chrome is bad, #Firefox is bad. #Brave is evil, #Opera is a disaster, and #Ladybug is misogynistic and transphobic.

Anything I should know about #Vivaldi? They're still good, right?
#browser #browserfingerprinting

@oblomov My initial gut reaction was the same. And I still think it may be wise to opt out of this experiment until it is better understood.

But what if this initiative could indeed serve as a privacy-preserving replacement for #tracking? It looks better than all the terrible ideas Google came up with to replace cookies (#FLoC #PrivacySandbox #TopicsAPI) let alone #browserFingerprinting.

Here is my take on Mozilla's #privacyPreservingAttribution aka #privateAttribution: https://suma-ev.social/@christian/112761712837712799

@fen @elilla #Microsoft demanding #TPM only serves them to force #CensorBoot into systems and prevent people from switching to #Linux or setting up #DualBoot systems.

• It has nothing to to with #Security, because they publicly admitted that #TPMs are not #secure, otherwise they would've used them in the #XboxOne!

In terms of #BrowserFingerprinting: Use @torproject / #TorBrowser to give #Google the finger!

@vyskocilm

Well...

#BrowserFingerprinting #EFF #Tracking

Ich mache seit einigen Monaten bei einer #BrowserFingerprinting-Studie der FAU mit. Und seit ich vor kurzem die neue Anti-#Fingerprinting-Funktion von #Firefox auch für normale Tabs aktiviert habe, ist mein Fingerprint laut deren wöchentlichem Test zwar weiterhin einzigartig (mit JS), aber plötzlich nicht mehr nachverfolgbar. \o/