Re:Compression efficiency with shared dictionaries in Chrome
by ColonelPhantom on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @07:01PM
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One potential issue is tracking. By sharing caches across websites it becomes possible to use timing attacks to track different users. This is why browsers are working to isolate caches per site: https://developer.chrome.com/blog/http-cache-partitioning
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Re:Compression efficiency with shared dictionaries in Chrome
by kevinventullo on Thursday March 07, 2024 @03:34AM
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Couldn’t a dedicated actor use IP address or other fingerprinting techniques to do the same thing more easily?