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A tracking pixel is an external image loaded from a server for analytics purposes. All web technologies facilitate this. Pictures, css, fonts, video, audio, j
by Am4TIfIsER0ppos 3y ago
A tracking pixel is an external image loaded from a server for analytics purposes. All web technologies facilitate this. Pictures, css, fonts, video, audio, javascript, and all the new Web* tech. Requests link you together on different servers. Scripts actively spy on you by logging keystrokes and more, then funneling that to a surveillance company who launder it for the government. Rendering tech like canvas and webgpu help uniquely identify the machine by carefully timing and positioning things.
- XCSme 3y agoCan't the server already kind of uniquely identify a machine using the IP, User Agent, timing of requests, times of visit, navigating patterns, etc., without even relying on any client-side data?
- valianteffort 3y agoYes this is called fingerprinting and it only takes ~7 pieces of entropy (iirc) to uniquely identify you from every other device on the internet. Javascript alone hands over dozens. JS is truly a cancer that really only benefits advertisers and intel agencies.
- Am4TIfIsER0ppos 3y agoIf I connect to example.com how does google spy on me when I do that when not using chrome? Answer is example.com instructs your browser to load google's spyware. (Note: the real example.com might not do that, it is merely an example)