"Torrent Address detection" ipleak.net – On macOS Transmission leaks my IP address

I use a VPN and tested it with ipleak.net. My VPN setup is on Router (Tomato firmware) and OpenVPN client (I followed this tutorial). When I

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De-Anonymizing Browser History Using Social-Network Data

Interesting research: "De-anonymizing Web Browsing Data with Social Networks": Abstract: Can online trackers and network adversaries de-anonymize web browsing data readily available to them? We show — theoretically, via simulation, and through experiments on real user data — that de-identified web browsing histories can\ be linked to social media profiles using only publicly available data. Our approach is based on… Continue reading De-Anonymizing Browser History Using Social-Network Data

Your web browsing history can be linked to your social media accounts

Your web browsing history contains enough information for third parties to be able to link it to your social media profile (Twitter, Facebook, Reddit), Stanford and Princeton researchers have found. Worrying research results “Our approach is based on a simple observation: each person has a distinctive social network, and thus the set of links appearing in one’s feed is unique. Assuming users visit links in their feed with higher probability than a random user, browsing … More Continue reading Your web browsing history can be linked to your social media accounts