Identifying People by Their Browsing Histories

Schneier on Security 2020-08-25

Summary:

Interesting paper: "Replication: Why We Still Can't Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness and Reidentifiability of Web Browsing Histories": We examine the threat to individuals' privacy based on the feasibility of reidentifying users through distinctive profiles of their browsing history visible to websites and third parties. This work replicates and extends the 2012 paper Why Johnny Can't Browse in Peace:...

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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/08/identifying_peo_9.html

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Bruce Schneier

Date tagged:

08/25/2020, 10:38

Date published:

08/25/2020, 07:28