Collaborate Disseminate
A vulnerability affecting desktop versions of four popular web browsers could be exploited by advertisers, malicious actors, and other third parties to track and profile users online even if they switch browsers, use incognito mode or a VPN, researcher… Continue reading Vulnerability in popular browsers could be used to track, profile users online
Recently while researching, I have encountered many companies that advertise ip-to-identity tracking solutions that could be used for advanced marketing. Obviously, I was very skeptical as such identification would require data from many s… Continue reading How does ip tracker map ip to identity [closed]
The Modrian algorithm has no knowledge of the inherent hierarchies and structures of data. By using manual SQL one could do the following mapping:
Berlin, Hamburg, Munich -> Germany
London, Manchester, Glasgow -> United Kingdom
While… Continue reading In which case would one use the Modrian algorithm for (minimal) k-anonymization over SQL?
Here’s the article from the Belarusian website http://dev.by, it is an interview with a former member of dictator Lukashenko band (so-called Chief Organized Crime and Corruption Fighting Directorate). And he told how they used to detect Te… Continue reading Is it possible to detect a Telegram user by sniffing traffic?
If I connect to a VPN, go to some websites, post something or browse something, is it possible for my OS (Windows 10) in this case to:
Store my IP before I connected to the VPN, say "old IP".
Get my new IP after I connect.
Send … Continue reading Could an OS or app store and send my old IP after I start using a VPN?
Is it obligatory for a VPN service providers to disclose user’s personal information such as IP address and logs by a request, that came from another country? For example, for a legal investigation or similar reason.
I am trying to figure out what is the best way to hide Tor traffic in order to improve anonymity.
While Tor is pretty good at hiding users’ IP addresses, its traffic stands out. This can be detrimental in some cases.
In this article (FBI a… Continue reading Hiding Tor traffic to prevent deanonymization
In a Telegram public channel, all messages are public, send by the channel creators and contain a timestamp. Suppose I am an ISP. Can I analyse the traffic of all my clients and decide if they are sending a Telegram message? (assume they d… Continue reading Can ISP deanonymize Telegram public channel creators?
Browsing histories can be used to compile unique browsing profiles, which can be used to track users, Mozilla researchers have confirmed. There are also many third parties pervasive enough to gather web histories sufficient to leverage browsing history… Continue reading Confirmed: Browsing histories can be used to track users
Let’s say Bitcoin had these rules from the start:
An address with balance cannot be a transaction output
An address can only be the input to one transaction
This would prevent address re-use. To what extent would this make Bitcoin anonym… Continue reading To what extent would Bitcoin be private without address reuse? [migrated]