Via [http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/EFF-demonstrates-a-browser-s-finger-print-918786.html] at [http://panopticlick.eff.org/]. I find it amazing that with Javascript enabled, a server can pick up quite a lot of information on your browser and OS configuration.
===== 31 January 2010, 08:35 EFF demonstrates a browser's "finger print" [...] The EFF's Panopticlick application collects anonymised data to help users establish how easy it is to identify them amongst all their fellow surfers. The service evaluates the HTTP request headers (browser ID and accepted MIME types) and uses JavaScript to collect information about the browser's installed plug-ins and fonts as well as screen size and time zone. Finally, it also considers standard cookies and "super cookies" (web storage, Flash cookies, IE userData) to determine a browser's ranking. So far, The EFF has collected about 200,000 reference records. There is an interesting side effect to the project: The data gives an indication, for instance, of how widely used certain screen resolutions or supercookies are. [...] ===== -- Soh Kam Yung my Google Reader Shared links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]
