Browser Fingerprinting : A Survey

• With this article, we survey the research performed in the domain of browser fingerprinting, while providing an accessible entry point to newcomers in the field. We explain how this technique works and where it stems from. We analyze the related work in detail to understand the composition of modern fingerprints and see how this technique is currently used online. We systematize existing defense solutions into different categories and detail the current challenges yet to overcome.

Subject headings

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Datavetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Computer Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Browser fingerprinting

user privacy

web tracking

Computer networks

Internet

Defense solutions

Entry point

Related works

Surveys

Datalogi

Computer Science

Publication and Content Type

ref (subject category)

art (subject category)