The Internationalization API reveals a lot of information about your locale and can be used to aid in fingerprinting. Learn more in this blog post:
https://blog.personaldata.info/exploring-the-browser-internationalization-api-unveiling-the-fingerprinting-potential/

#privacy #fingerprinting

Did you know error messages can be used for browser fingerprinting? Some browsers give different JavaScript errors, which combined with other methods creates a unique fingerprint. While alone it doesn't reveal much, together it aids fingerprinting.

#privacy #fingerprinting

Want to learn more about emoji fingerprinting? Check out this new blog post explaining why emojis can be used to fingerprint your browser: https://blog.personaldata.info/the-surprising-role-of-emojis-in-browser-fingerprinting/

#privacy #fingerprinting

the #FultonCounty sheriff has said #Trump won’t receive any special treatment. The FCSO’s website notes that most people #arrested in the county are taken to the main jail on Rice St, NW of downtown #ATL & near Bankhead….

At the #jail, arrestees typically undergo medical screening, #fingerprinting & a check for outstanding warrants. They also have their #MugShot taken. “All arrestees who do not bond out of jail will routinely appear before a judge w/in 24 hrs after arrest,” the website states.

@DrPen @RecursiveElegance Why attempt to twist what we talked about and make it just about book publishers?

The #corporatists hate privacy networks, if you haven't noticed they prefer #privacyTheatre, and identifying and #fingerprinting people. They have been perverting #universities in #Australia for about two decades — at least.

El espionaje en #Internet ha llegado a un punto en que cada vez tiene un nivel de sofisticación mayor debido a que los diferentes agentes y compañías que componen la red no cesan de investigar y buscar nuevas técnicas para recopilar toda la información posible de nuestros movimientos en Internet. Si os interesa saber más al respecto, os invito a que leáis la siguiente publicación. Enlace: https://tecnologiayopensource.blogspot.com/2023/05/fingerprinting-huella-digital.html

#privacidad #fingerprinting #web #cookies #huelladigital #redactor #blog

Browser #fingerprinting zijn de nieuwe #cookies. Zonder cookie volgen websites je daarmee en slaan jouw computer gegevens op. Als ze zo hard hun best doen om mijn #privacy gegevens te krijgen, moet het wel om #geld gaan. Het moet gewoon niet mogen. Wat van mij is, is van mij. Als ik niet wil betalen voor #content zorg dan voor betere content, maar blijf van mijn #identiteit af. https://tinyurl.com/2wap8p2b

#DailyBloggingChallenge (13/25)

One of my favorite things to do is exploit the DOM (ethical concerns aside).

Lots learn early on if some pesky web component is blocking your view, just delete it in the developer’s tools.

This is usually the spark into what other configurations are possible.

As a #WebDeveloper by trade we are constantly in the developer’s tools trying to understand why certain elements are behaving the way they are - visually or in action. Though we have access to the code base, so it’s easier to understand.

The fun begins when you only have access to the website!

• For one time edits basic DOM manipulations will suffice.
• For simple tasks the console will suffice.
• If you started editing the CSS, you can save your changes and load them next time you visit.
• If you don’t care about #fingerprinting, you can use extensions like #GreaseMonkey or #Stylus.

In the realm of heavy duty modifications, there are a couple of options:

• Write your own #browser extension.
• Write your own library and run it through the console. This permits to offline development in your preferred coding language and you can bundle it either through #webpack or #wasm.
• Host your code on #npmjs, use a CDN bundler, and then preload it via an extension like GreaseMonkey.
• There is also the option to preload your script into the browser’s config, though with each update one has to do this anew, not questioning the potential #security flaws.

Through these possibilities one will learn a lot about vanilla #WebDevelopment and #VanillaJS.

#programming #hacking

This makes fingerprinting very effective at tracking users across the web, and it also makes it really difficult to avoid.

For example, even if you install a tracker-blocking extension, many fingerprinting algorithms will detect the extension and use it as another factor in the fingerprinting process.

#privacy #PrivacyMatters #fingerprinting

#Apple cracking down on 'fingerprinting' with new App Store #API rules | Engadget

Starting with #iOS 17, developers will need to explain why they're using certain APIs.
#fingerprinting #privacy #surveillance #ios17

https://www.engadget.com/apple-cracking-down-on-fingerprinting-with-new-app-store-api-rules-080007498.html

Apple will require app devs to explain exactly why they use certain APIs - Enlarge / The back of the iPhone 13. (credit: Samuel Axon)

App... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1957446 #appstoreconnect #fingerprinting #developers #appstore #privacy #apple #tech

Ars Technica: Apple will require app devs to explain exactly why they use certain APIs https://arstechnica.com/?p=1957446 #Tech #arstechnica #IT #Technology #AppStoreConnect #Fingerprinting #developers #AppStore #privacy #Apple #apple #Tech

01 Net: Fingerprinting : Apple amplifie la lutte contre le suivi indésirable dans les apps https://www.01net.com/actualites/fingerprinting-apple-amplifie-la-lutte-contre-le-suivi-indesirable-dans-les-apps.html #francais #01net #Technologie #Tech #Applis,Logiciels #fingerprinting #Apple

Informative list of #iOS APIs that get abused for #fingerprinting (https://developer.apple.com/news/?id=z6fu1dcu) and that now require app developers to justify their usage: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/bundleresources/privacy_manifest_files/describing_use_of_required_reason_api.

If you think finger printing on the Web is bad, it's not much better on native. This is a step in the right direction for improved #privacy.

CSS fingerprinting:
Paper "Fashion Faux Pas: Implicit Stylistic Fingerprints for Bypassing Browsers’ Anti-Fingerprinting Defenses"

"... modern fingerprinting attributes can be implicitly inferred in a purely JavaScript-less approach
... significant complications for potential countermeasures ..."

https://research.ibm.com/publications/fashion-faux-pas-bypassing-browsers-anti-fingerprinting-defenses-through-stylistic-fingerprints

Download from https://www.cs.uic.edu/~polakis/papers/lin-sp23.pdf
via https://www.cs.uic.edu/~polakis/publications/

#tracking #csstracking #cssfingerprinting #fingerprinting #study #research #profiling #css #fashionfauxpas

These are just some of the many uses for online fingerprinting. By knowing when and why you are being fingerprinted, you can better protect your privacy and reduce tracking. View your online fingerprint at personaldata.info.

#privacy #fingerprinting #PrivacyMatters

@evangreer +9001%

Shit like that - including #NakedScanners and #Fingerprinting people who did nothing wrong - should be illegal!

After all @digitalcourage already took a look at those shitty #Scanners and how passengers got #DarkPattern'd into forcing them into them against their explicitly denied consent!
https://digitalcourage.de/blog/2015/sind-nacktscanner-in-der-praxis-freiwillig

@kreig
#Fingerprinting?

I think that’s the correct term. ID’ing you even IF you delete cookies and site data. Not an expert. (Obviously.)

#Google Changes Access of 3rd Party #Trackers

Google wants to stop the ability to do Browser #Fingerprinting because they can't control it. They've tried to come up with alternatives to appease the advertising community.

https://invidious.snopyta.org/watch?v=tbvXwbc5nIs
https://piped.video/watch?v=tbvXwbc5nIs

Texas Pulls Funding for Child ID Kits After Investigation Finds Little Evidence of Their Effectiveness
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Lawmakers were slated to spend millions of taxpayer dollars for the kits but changed course after a ProPublica and Texas Tribune investigation found no evidence the kits have helped locate missing children.

#Texas #Kids #Children #Parents #Families #Police #Fingerprinting #Schools

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-budget-cut-child-id-kits?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post