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One simple example: you browse a bunch of stuff, and they are able to know these were from the same person due to the identifier. Then you log into, say, Gmail.
by ralmeida 10y ago
One simple example: you browse a bunch of stuff, and they are able to know these were from the same person due to the identifier. Then you log into, say, Gmail. Now they have information to deduce you are that person.
Not saying they necessarily do that, but if they are indeed able to associate the "installation ID" to every request made with the browser, they have the information to do this, if they decide to do so.
- jonchang 10y agoIn Firefox the requests made to Google's safe browsing are sent using a completely separate cookie jar that is isolated from the rest of the browser, so that even if Google is tracking the requests to its safe browsing service it wouldn't be able to identify you on the basis of the unique cookie alone.
- antsar 10y agoNot alone, but correlated with other traffic from your IP address, browser fingerprinting, etc.