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SPIES Lab’s Browser Fingerprinting Work Features in News

Posted on June 18, 2025 by Jimmy Dani

SPIES Lab’s study, led by Zengrui Liu (former SPIES), Jimmy Dani and Nitesh Saxena, provides the first evidence of the use of browser fingerprints for online tracking. The researchers discovered that websites are covertly employing browser fingerprinting — a technique that uniquely identifies a web browser — to track users across browsing sessions and sites.

Read our full paper here.

Websites Are Tracking You Via Browser Fingerprinting, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Texas A&M University

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