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Can someone explain the point in the article that Facebook can still track you if the script is loaded from an edge cache and the browser doesn't send cookies?
by losvedir 5y ago
Can someone explain the point in the article that Facebook can still track you if the script is loaded from an edge cache and the browser doesn't send cookies?
I can think of unique script URLs, but if it's coming from an edge cache, presumably it's not that unique.
And maybe some sort of JS-based fingerprinting? But since Brave controls the browser, it's within their control to try to make the browser environment homogenous across users. I think Tor Browser does something like that, not sure about Brave.
Any other attacks I'm not thinking of?
edit: oh, if the script makes a request back to FB, then I suppose your IP address is available...
- oofbey 5y agoI think the OP is just wrong here. I personally agree with Brave's statement that they are protecting users here. The assertion that "Anyone who knows a bit about how JavaScript works and it’s [sic] capacities to track you without the need of using cookies will be laughing after reading that." I know a thing or two about JavaScript and I'm not laughing, I'm genuinely confused about what the OP thinks the problem is because I don't see one.