Fingerprinting – WebKit

• From: Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com>
• Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 09:51:05 -0400
• To: "public-privacy (W3C mailing list)" <public-privacy@w3.org>
• Message-Id: <6DF0975A-AEFC-4432-82EF-BD3621E39828@opera.com>

FYI

In Fingerprinting – WebKit
At https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/Fingerprinting

    This page describes the mechanisms WebKit offers to
    ports and clients interested in reducing the ability
    of websites to identify users and track their
    behaviour without obtaining consent.


    Use cases for fingerprinting include:

    * Sites attempting to identify users on devices 
      previously used for fraud
    * Sites attempting to establish a unique visitor 
      count
    * Advertising networks attempting to establish a 
      unique click-through count
    * Advertising networks attempting to profile users 
      to increase ad relevance
    * Sites attempting to profile the behaviour of 
      unregistered users
    * Sites attempting to link the visits of users when 
      they are both registered and unregistered and 
      identify the user when visiting the site without



-- 
Karl Dubost - http://dev.opera.com/
Developer Relations & Tools, Opera Software

Received on Tuesday, 26 April 2011 13:51:35 UTC