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Why We Still Can't Browse in Peace

Why We Still Can't Browse in Peace

August 2020

Perhaps it was a Monday?

Todd Carpenter tweeted out a pointer to an article he thought others would benefit from reading:

Replication: Why We Still Can't Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness and Reidentifiability of Web Browsing Histories by Sarah Bird, Ilana Segall, and Martin Lopatka, @mozilla

=>Important study of browsing history and #privacy #PII

— Todd Carpenter (@TAC_NISO) August 25, 2020

Then, realizing one of those "oops" moments:

Sorry, forgot the link: https://t.co/xKBrSUuegC https://t.co/V0NYhlDWjN

— Todd Carpenter (@TAC_NISO) August 25, 2020

Following Todd's link there takes you to a hosted video discussing the research effort, and the paper's abstract describing the findings.