Sucheta Dalal :Meet the online tracking device that is virtually impossible to block
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Meet the online tracking device that is virtually impossible to block  

July 22, 2014

 A new kind of tracking tool, canvas fingerprinting, is being used to follow visitors to thousands of top websites, from WhiteHouse.gov to YouPorn

 

JULIA ANGWIN (PROPUBLICA) 

 

Update: A YouPorn.com spokesperson said that the website was "completely unaware that AddThis contained a tracking software that had the potential to jeopardize the privacy of our users." After this article was published, YouPorn removed AddThis technology from its website.

 

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