Tracking users with favicons, even in incognito mode (github.com)
from yogthos@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 17 Nov 06:25
https://lemmy.ml/post/39088394

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[deleted] on 17 Nov 07:01 next collapse

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nyankas@lemmy.ml on 17 Nov 07:30 collapse

Note that this is an issue from 2021. Firefox has implemented countermeasures since version 85, Chrome seems to have done the same.

So while this is definitely interesting, it shouldn‘t be an issue anymore.

[deleted] on 17 Nov 12:10 next collapse

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Ferk@lemmy.ml on 17 Nov 12:10 collapse

Yep. I just confirmed it… restarting Firefox seems to make the ID in demo.supercookie.me change. Thought as long as you keep Firefox session open the id will be the same.

I’m not sure if the links you reference are the whole story though, because they are talking about partitioning the cache per top-level domain, which I would expect wouldn’t have been enough, since the demo is specific to its top-level domain and it’s not necessarily about cross-domain id.

eldavi@lemmy.ml on 17 Nov 17:20 collapse

Thought as long as you keep Firefox session open the id will be the same.

makes mental note to shutdown firefox on mobile more often.