Published On Apr 19, 2021
what is browser fingerprinting? in this video i explain how browser fingerprinting works (with real examples and demos) and how it's used by ad trackers, retailers, fortune 500 firms to track you (even without cookies), or in privacy or incognito mode. we deep dive into real-world browser fingerprinting methods and code and discuss why it's bad for the industry. finally we look at brave browser and how it attempts to protect you from browser fingerprinting and where it succeeds and fails.
this video shows a browser fingerprinting demo written in Javascript, as well as showing some real world browser fingerprinting implementations in the wild. This video also shows all the various fingerprinting methods used including font fingerprinting, screen size, graphics card, user agent, canvas fingerprinting.