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Browsing History Alone Can Give Away Your Identity

20 pointsby hidden-spyderalmost 4 years ago

3 comments

londons_explorealmost 4 years ago
Well duh... Seeing me visit facebook.com&#x2F;superguy8 all the time tells you I&#x27;m probably him...<p>Plenty of URL&#x27;s have identifiers in that either say who is logged in, or at least suggest it.
karmakazealmost 4 years ago
As a netizen, browsing history == identity
velgewpalmost 4 years ago
Yes a recent study also manage to generate unique identifier if you are using different browsers on the same machine. Some installed apps were responsible for the same, like Spotify, Telegram etc.