Can I opt out yet? GDPR and the global illusion of cookie control
The European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in effect since May
2018, enforces strict limitations on handling users' personal data, hence impacting their …
2018, enforces strict limitations on handling users' personal data, hence impacting their …
Device fingerprinting for cyber-physical systems: a survey
The continued growth of the cyber-physical system (CPS) and Internet of Things
technologies raises device security and monitoring concerns. For device identification …
technologies raises device security and monitoring concerns. For device identification …
Hiding in the crowd: an analysis of the effectiveness of browser fingerprinting at large scale
Browser fingerprinting is a stateless technique, which consists in collecting a wide range of
data about a device through browser APIs. Past studies have demonstrated that modern …
data about a device through browser APIs. Past studies have demonstrated that modern …
Browser fingerprinting: A survey
With this article, we survey the research performed in the domain of browser fingerprinting,
while providing an accessible entry point to newcomers in the field. We explain how this …
while providing an accessible entry point to newcomers in the field. We explain how this …
A survey of browser fingerprint research and application
D Zhang, J Zhang, Y Bu, B Chen… - … and Mobile Computing, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
With the development of modern browsing, the convenience brought by rich browser
features has also produced a large number of features, which are called browser …
features has also produced a large number of features, which are called browser …
Awareness, adoption, and misconceptions of web privacy tools
Privacy and security tools can help users protect themselves online. Unfortunately, people
are often unaware of such tools, and have potentially harmful misconceptions about the …
are often unaware of such tools, and have potentially harmful misconceptions about the …
Xhound: Quantifying the fingerprintability of browser extensions
In recent years, researchers have shown that unwanted web tracking is on the rise, as
advertisers are trying to capitalize on users' online activity, using increasingly intrusive and …
advertisers are trying to capitalize on users' online activity, using increasingly intrusive and …
The web's sixth sense: A study of scripts accessing smartphone sensors
We present the first large-scale measurement of smartphone sensor API usage and
stateless tracking on the mobile web. We extend the OpenWPM web privacy measurement …
stateless tracking on the mobile web. We extend the OpenWPM web privacy measurement …
CoCo: Efficient Browser Extension Vulnerability Detection via Coverage-guided, Concurrent Abstract Interpretation
Extensions complement web browsers with additional functionalities and also bring new
vulnerability venues, allowing privilege escalations from adversarial web pages to use …
vulnerability venues, allowing privilege escalations from adversarial web pages to use …
Fp-stalker: Tracking browser fingerprint evolutions
Browser fingerprinting has emerged as a technique to track users without their consent.
Unlike cookies, fingerprinting is a stateless technique that does not store any information on …
Unlike cookies, fingerprinting is a stateless technique that does not store any information on …