TeamViewer installs suspicious font only useful for web fingerprinting

Re:TeamViewer installs suspicious font only useful for web f... by hedora on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:17AM (#32166094)

So it’s a cookie. Do they ask for permission to set it in the EU?

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Re:TeamViewer installs suspicious font only useful for web f... by kevincox on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:56AM (#32166650)

This could very easily be justified as a functional cookie.

Honestly if this could only be detected from a TeamViewer-owned domains it would be basically a non-issue. The more concerning bit is that this can be used to build a cross-site fingerprint.

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Re:TeamViewer installs suspicious font only useful for web f... by Griffinsauce on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @03:39PM (#32171092)

Are EU laws specifically about cookies or do they have broader wording?

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Re:TeamViewer installs suspicious font only useful for web f... by detaro on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @03:46PM (#32171174)

The 2009 ePrivacy directive, also known as "Cookie law", speaks of "the storing of information, or the gaining of access to information already stored, in the terminal equipment of a subscriber or user".

GDPR is concerned with all personal data processing, cookie or not is even more irrelevant to it applying.

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Re:TeamViewer installs suspicious font only useful for web f... by GrumpyNl on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @03:17PM (#32170792)

That is a great idea, generate a font on the fly with the info you need and you have your alternative cookie. Question is, do you have to treat it as a cookie?

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Re:TeamViewer installs suspicious font only useful for web f... by hatware on Wednesday July 20, 2022 @10:45AM (#32166474)

Are you being pedantic?

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