Using Chrome Extensions to Track you

[Brett_Tabke]

A researcher has discovered how to use your installed Google Chrome extensions to generate a fingerprint of your device that can be used to track you online.

To track users on the web, it is possible to create fingerprints, or tracking hashes, based on various characteristics of a device connecting to a website. These characteristics include GPU performance, installed Windows applications, a device's screen resolution, hardware configuration, and even the installed fonts.

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Everyone wants a slice of the data pie because it's worth something for marketing, if not for nefarious means.
It's becoming tiresome to keep protecting one's data.