{"id":8705,"date":"2016-12-17T20:41:02","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T19:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/?p=8705"},"modified":"2020-02-06T09:22:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T09:22:20","slug":"tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2016\/12\/tracking\/","title":{"rendered":"Tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s incredible <a href=\"https:\/\/panopticlick.eff.org\/about\">what can be read from a browser<\/a>. Here is an anonymized look at my screen:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8706 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/screen-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"1192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/screen-3.png 642w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/screen-3-620x1151.png 620w, https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/screen-3-269x500.png 269w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Feb 6, 2020 Update<br \/>\nAs I learned today, there is even an update at <a href=\"https:\/\/pixelprivacy.com\/resources\/browser-fingerprinting\/\">pixelprivacy.com<\/a>. Everybody clicks cookie law disclaimer but the real power for use+misuse is being here&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Tracking methods and data collection is extremely valuable because it allows advertising businesses to create a profile based on your data. The more data these businesses have, the more accurately they can target you with advertisements, which (indirectly) means higher revenue for the company.<br \/>\nFortunately, it\u2019s not all bad. Browser fingerprinting is also used to identify the characteristics of botnets, because the connections of botnets are established by a different device every time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-note\">\n  <span class=\"mod1\">CC-BY-NC Science Surf , accessed 01.05.2026<\/span>\n <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s incredible what can be read from a browser. Here is an anonymized look at my screen: &nbsp; Feb 6, 2020 Update As I learned today, there is even an update at pixelprivacy.com. Everybody clicks cookie law disclaimer but the real power for use+misuse is being here&#8230; Tracking methods and data collection is extremely valuable &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2016\/12\/tracking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tracking<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-software"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8705"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15318,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8705\/revisions\/15318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}