Identifying People by Their Browsing Histories
Schneier on Security
AUGUST 25, 2020
This work replicates and extends the 2012 paper Why Johnny Can't Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness of Web Browsing History Patterns [ 48 ]. Wethen find that for users who visited 50 or more distinct do-mains in the two-week data collection period, ~50% can be reidentified using the top 10k sites.
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