Google Chrome extensions can be fingerprinted to track you online

19-Jun-22

A researcher has developed a website that leverages your installed Google Chrome extensions to build a device fingerprint that can be used to monitor you online.

Fingerprints, or tracking hashes, can be created depending on numerous features of a device connected to a website to track visitors on the internet. Using the same fingerprinting method, you can then trace a device across multiple sites. Read More…