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by un-nf 1mo ago
I've been tracking some of the movement on SAM.gov and it's interesting to see how quickly the government is moving to AI-ify so much of our data. It feels like this has been the end goal for forever. Like the petabytes of data th
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by un-nf 3mo ago
Companies like Flock that started out with just ALPRs are expanding to collect SIGINT data harvested by Bluetooth sensors at traffic lights. This technology allows ALPRs to collect information the devices inside your car (what phone, fitnes
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by un-nf 5mo ago
Not only are they ignoring these opt-out signals, they're certifying CMPs that have useless opt-out banners and continue to set cookies after the banner is clicked.
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by un-nf 5mo ago
Students often ask me why privacy matters if they have nothing to hide. The short answer is that surveillance changes behavior before the question of guilt ever comes up. The Stoycheff research on NSA surveillance and search self-censorship
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by un-nf 5mo ago
Aurornis, I appreciate your comment and want to step in to defend myself. The LLM writing style is simply not true. I am a high-school English teacher and if my students caught me using AI to do my writing, they'd rip me to pieces. I i
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by un-nf 5mo ago
I agree, and this is why I built 404. If you poke around the page a bit, you'll see a tool that prevents browser fingerprinting. 404 catches JS calls in JS proxies and returns mocked-up values (assigned by a profile), it also has prote
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by un-nf 5mo ago
I did do my own independent audit, though. Sorry, I just checked back today and was not expecting this to get the traction it did.
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by un-nf 5mo ago
If that were the case, the list wouldn't have extensions that relate to a users religion, income, demographics, and more.
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by un-nf 5mo ago
This is unfortunately common practice on the internet. Browser fingerprinting is the new norm. LinkedIn just didn't disclose it in their privacy policy. They do mention canvas fingerprinting and collecting other signals, but not specif
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by un-nf 5mo ago
Yeah, the source I used is browsergate.eu. I do a lot of developing in the dev tools (browser fingerprinting protection tool on the same site) and so I was looking at the dev tools for linked in and saw the extension enumeration a few weeks
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by un-nf 5mo ago
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LinkedIn is scanning browser extensions(404privacy.com)
435 points by un-nf 5mo ago|219 comments
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by un-nf 6mo ago
Hey! Would love to compare notes. Feel free to reach out honda@404privacy.com. I truly believe there is a way to fight bot traffic without sacrificing user privacy.
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by un-nf 6mo ago
Yes! Sorry for the late reply. Here are a few: LinkedIn: https://404privacy.com/blog/linkedin-is-scanning-your-browse... Generally: https://404privacy.com/blog/browser-fingerprinting-is-the-ad...
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Show HN: 404 – a localhost proxy that substitutes your device fingerprint(404privacy.com)
4 points by un-nf 6mo ago|4 comments
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by un-nf 11mo ago
This is made to fight client-fingerprinting. This is not a browser extension, but a network app that aims to give you full control over your fingerprint. Included: - localhost mitmproxy addons - for JS injection and HTTPS header rewriting.
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Show HN: I built 404 a network solution to client fingerprinting at the endpoint(github.com)
1 points by un-nf 11mo ago|1 comments
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by un-nf 11mo ago
What fingerprinting vectors am I missing? Are there tools that I'm overlooking? What are some next steps - places the architecture is lacking?
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Show HN: Privacy Experiment – Rewriting HTTPS, TLS, and TCP/IP Packet Headers
2 points by un-nf 11mo ago|1 comments