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Kevin Boone: The Privacy Nightmare of Browser Fingerprinting

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Summary: Browser fingerprinting compromises online privacy by creating unique identifiers from browser information, making tracking harder to evade than traditional cookies. While steps like using VPNs and popular browsers can mitigate risks, effective resistance is challenging and often inconvenient. Legal clarity on fingerprinting is lacking, and stronger legislation is needed to address its privacy threats. Overall, fingerprinting remains a significant concern, contributing to intrusive advertising practices.

https://kevinboone.me/fingerprinting.html

Databroker Files: Targeting the EU

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Mobile phone location data of millions in the EU is being sold for advertising, posing serious privacy and security risks, including potential espionage. This data can reveal sensitive patterns of movement for EU officials, despite GDPR regulations meant to protect personal information. Investigations show that data brokers can easily target political figures, with significant implications for national security amid rising geopolitical tensions. EU leaders and NATO express concern over the situation but effective protective measures remain inadequate. Comprehensive regulation to curb data trading and enhance privacy rights is urgently needed, with calls for a ban on advertising tracking.

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/databroker-files-targeting-the-eu/

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