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

submitted 2 weeks 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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[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

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