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Supercookie: Browser Fingerprinting via Favicon (2021)

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357 points vxvrs | 2 comments | 16 Nov 25 19:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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stingraycharles ◴[17 Nov 25 12:03 UTC] No.45952872[source]▶
FYI for anyone that cares: this attack vector has been patched by browsers years ago, fairly soon after this was released.

https://github.com/jonasstrehle/supercookie/issues/30

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jgalt212 ◴[17 Nov 25 12:59 UTC] No.45953186[source]▶
The link shows Chrome patched and unpatched this.
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1. cachius ◴[17 Nov 25 15:33 UTC] No.45954466[source]▶
[Now Chrome] should reset tracking through favicons on cache deletions and when entering incognito mode. - https://issues.chromium.org/issues/40136308#comment19
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2. SeriousM ◴[17 Nov 25 17:30 UTC] No.45955812[source]▶
Should