How Unique – How track-able, is your browser
Traditionally, people assume they can prevent a website from identifying them by disabling cookies on their
web browser. Unfortunately, this is not the whole story.
When you visit a website, you are allowing that site to access a lot of information about your computer’s
configuration. Combined, this information can create a kind of fingerprint — a signature that could be used
to identify you and your computer.
Some companies are already using technology to try to identify individual computers.
But how effective would this kind of online tracking be?
EFF is running an experiment to find out. Read the rest of this entry »
