Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
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Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
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Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#2Apparently. I am not logged into anything. I tried it on Opera (along with the internal ad blocker) and I'm not using Privacy Badger.
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#3Keep in mind that it doesn't show up the icons at all if you're using a content blocker and activated Fanboy’s Annoyance List.
This is because the critical resource is named "/socialmedia-leak/socialmedia-leak.js".
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#4Very good demonstration thank you.
Some interesting (an unethical) potential marketing opportunities here. For example, at the bottom of articles only show share actions for social platforms they are logged into.
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#5Keep in mind that it doesn't show up the icons at all if you're using a content blocker and activated Fanboy’s Annoyance List. This is because the critical resource is named "/socialmedia-leak/socialmedia-leak.js".
Thanks. I just enabled Fanboy’s Annoyance List in ublock origin. I've haven't spent any time digging through that filter list, but I'm now interested. Any other recommendations or resources?
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#6So, loading favicon.ico via a redirect-type parameter:
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#7Keep in mind that it doesn't show up the icons at all if you're using a content blocker and activated Fanboy’s Annoyance List. This is because the critical resource is named "/socialmedia-leak/socialmedia-leak.js".
Renamed it. Does it make any difference?
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#8Very good demonstration thank you. Some interesting (an unethical) potential marketing opportunities here. For example, at the bottom of articles only show share actions for social platforms they are logged into.
Not logged in != doesn't have an account
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#9Quick fix: embed favicon in data-uri ;)
Re: Show HN: Your Social Media Fingerprint (maybe NSFW)
#10Nice, so now by using this I have an NSFW site logged in my workplace's DNS log. Be careful if your employer checks such things.