You might be aware of websites, banks, retailers, and advertisers tracking your online activities using different Web “fingerprinting” techniques even in incognito/private mode, but now sites can track you anywhere online — even if you switch browsers.
A team of researchers has recently developed a cross-browser fingerprinting technique — the first reliable technique to accurately track users
The Full Monty is a film about unemployed steelworkers doing a complete striptease to salvage their lives and reputations. It’s a reference to the British slang for a “whole lot”. And in a typical WiFi network, a Full Monty describes the “whole lot” of exposure and lack of privacy that users experience.
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Flipping the web browser to the Incognito might be the first – and last step – many people make to insure their online security. That’s too bad since Incognito does virtually nothing to secure your activities from surveillance…
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Your portrait is likely being painted on an electronic canvas. It isn’t a private portrait.
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