AppsecEU13 - "Web Fingerprinting: How, Who, and Why?"

[InactiveUser 188]

This is an excellent talk about current fingerprinting methods that don't need to rely on cookies or user agent strings.

It also sheds light on how ineffective certain kinds of "privacy-enhancing" addons are at spoofing user-identifiable information - in some cases they even increase the risk of being uniquely fingerprinted.

 

Link to video at SecurityTube.net:

http://www.securitytube.net/video/8943

[OpenSourcerer 1435]

Hi to all members on this community i am thanks to the administrator of this forum for approve my account i am sure here i got better knowledge thanks again. My name is Ronald.

 

Welcome to AirVPN, Ronald

[athelstan 11]

Since 'Ronald ' has posted this exact same message on 2500 other forums, he will likely be too busy to spend much time here

[OpenSourcerer 1435]

Since 'Ronald ' has posted this exact same message on 2500 other forums, he will likely be too busy to spend much time here

 

Good point.

I just.. just wanted to be nice..

Searched for the string on the net and found it at least twice. It's completely unclear to me why people copy&paste it.

[athelstan 11]

Hey gigan3rd, Frohe Festtage! 'Ronald' is a spambot. Admin does a fantastic job of keeping this forum free of spam, but occasionally one will slip through.

 

Googling the exact string "Hi to all members on this community i am thanks to the administrator of this forum for approve my account" is now showing 3500 hits. Clicking through some results shows a few forums have banned or deleted 'Ronald', but most have not spotted 'him', so don't feel bad about welcoming a robot

[OpenSourcerer 1435]

Hey gigan3rd, Frohe Festtage!

 

Ja, danke, das wünsche ich dir auch. Endlich mal eine deutsche Stimme hier.