Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies

Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies by scott_w on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @09:39AM (#25928768)

Firefox explicitly talks about abusing IMAGE caches and you’re waffling about JS. The two things are not related here so stop trying to conflate them.

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Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies by tremon on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @01:23PM (#25931803)

The image caches offer no means to identify individual users unless you're able to re-parse the client side (cached) data. Guess what component is essential to perform that client-side parsing?

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Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies by scott_w on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @03:28PM (#25933493)

So tracking pixels in email clients aren’t a thing? Trust me, people will find ways around it without JS. Reinventing Flash, for a start.

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Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies by yc12340 on Wednesday January 27, 2021 @10:08PM (#25937646)

Yes, tracking pixels aren't a thing (anymore).

Gmail no longer loads them. Thunderbird no longer loads them. Most providers, offering online email, have already caught on.

> Trust me, people will find ways around it without JS. Reinventing Flash, for a start.

There is no need for that. Why bother, when you can write a mobile app in proper computer language and eliminate the middleman (browser)?

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Re:Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies by scott_w on Sunday February 07, 2021 @02:47AM (#26053403)

The fact Flash existed disproves your hypothesis.

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