Fingerprinting and Tracing Shadows: The Development and Impact of Browser Fingerprinting on Digital Privacy
It addresses privacy concerns for internet users by analyzing the impact of browser fingerprinting, but it is incremental as it provides an overview without new methods.
The paper examines browser fingerprinting techniques and their data's entropy and uniqueness, highlighting that it poses a complex technical and privacy challenge as users are often tracked without control or consent.
Browser fingerprinting is a growing technique for identifying and tracking users online without traditional methods like cookies. This paper gives an overview by examining the various fingerprinting techniques and analyzes the entropy and uniqueness of the collected data. The analysis highlights that browser fingerprinting poses a complex challenge from both technical and privacy perspectives, as users often have no control over the collection and use of their data. In addition, it raises significant privacy concerns as users are often tracked without their knowledge or consent.