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De-Anonymizing Browser History Using Social-Network Data

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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→

Heartbeat as Biometric Password

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There’s research in using a heartbeat as a biometric password. No details in the article. My guess is that there isn’t nearly enough entropy in the reproducible biometric, but I might be surprised. The article’s suggestion to use it as a password for health records seems especially problematic. “I’m sorry, but we can’t access the patient’s health records because he’s… Continue reading Heartbeat as Biometric Password→

Heartbeat as Biometric Password

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There’s research in using a heartbeat as a biometric password. No details in the article. My guess is that there isn’t nearly enough entropy in the reproducible biometric, but I might be surprised. The article’s suggestion to use it as a password for health records seems especially problematic. "I’m sorry, but we can’t access the patient’s health records because he’s… Continue reading Heartbeat as Biometric Password→