Vulnerability allows cross-browser tracking in Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Tor

Re:Vulnerability allows cross-browser tracking in Chrome, Fi... by adontz on Thursday May 13, 2021 @06:30PM (#27148315)

Results differ wildly between browsers and even between runs within the same browser. It detects application I do not have installed and does not detect applications I do have installed. For instance it detects iTunes, XCode and Sketch, but they are Mac-only application and I am on Windows.

Honestly, I believe it does not work at all.

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Re:Vulnerability allows cross-browser tracking in Chrome, Fi... by valve1 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @06:39PM (#27148394)

Thanks for testing it on Windows. We mostly tested it on MacOS Big Sur because all devs on the team have that OS. With Windows different timings might be needed, we'll check into it tomorrow.

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Re:Vulnerability allows cross-browser tracking in Chrome, Fi... by mcpherrinm on Thursday May 13, 2021 @06:45PM (#27148439)

On my Windows/Firefox computer, it appears to have correctly identified which 6 of the applications I have installed.

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Re:Vulnerability allows cross-browser tracking in Chrome, Fi... by inetknght on Thursday May 13, 2021 @06:59PM (#27148554)

> iTunes

> they are Mac-only application

I remember installing and using iTunes on Windows 7.

It might be that Apple doesn't distribute a modern version of iTunes. But it's certainly not true in the past.

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Re:Vulnerability allows cross-browser tracking in Chrome, Fi... by adontz on Friday May 14, 2021 @05:36AM (#27152459)

I do not have any iTunes installed anyway.

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