Alert : Using a web ad blocker may identify you – to advertisers
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/04/14/ad_blockers_identify_you_to_advertisers
The recent explosion in people installing ad blockers for their browsers may have an ironic side effect : identifying them to advertisers. French researchers digging into online privacy issues have built on a 2010 study by the EFF that used people’s browser configurations to identify individuals. The researchers account for the 2017 internet : they look at what browser extensions people have and what social media services they are logged into. The results have been as dramatic as the (...)