Questions tagged [user-tracking]
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How can you be tracked using screen resolution/monitor size in Tor?
Whenever I maximize the Tor browser, it shows a warning:
Maximizing Tor Browser can allow websites to determine you monitor size, which can be used to track you...
How can screen resolution or ...
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How does my ISP track me? [closed]
I have an ADSL connection with a username and password and dynamic IP.
So I wanted to know if I use my friend's authentication will the ISP know I'm the person using my friend's connection OR will ...
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Email used to log in but doesn't have to be unique. Issues?
I've moved onto a project where they are implementing a system whereby a user's email address can be used multiple times by different people - i.e. users can sign up as many times as they want with an ...
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What does my iPhone see/track when connected to my macbook PC?
Recently hooked up my work iPhone to my personal MacBook to charge the phone. I viewed some websites that would be questionable on the MacBook using the hotel WiFi.
What does the iPhone track when ...
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MAC address of user still on my Wi-Fi network, despite his device isn't in my home anymore
I've recently installed NetCut (from Arkai corp.) on my PC. I've already successfully executed the app and tested it several times. I can see the MAC addresses of all network users, kick them out of ...
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Multiple types of tracking
In a system where I have reviews of products, to avoid fake reviews I have thought about doing the following:
Limit one review for each account -> To bypass this measure, the user could create ...
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How is Skype showing ads from my Google search history?
I can understand when I see the same ads across websites, and ads similar to my search history. Some tracking magic through cookies - fine.
But Skype has been showing me ads for exact terms I ...
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Separate third-party cookies for each website
Instead of blocking third-party cookies (which might be useful), why don't browsers allow them, but keep all cookies separate for each address-bar website?
For example, if a third-party website sets ...
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Is it a good or bad practice to fake user agent?
I'm using a mobile browser. I found a program that can fake my User Agent (UA), so I changed to something else.
Is this good practice or bad practice in terms of preserving privacy?
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Time tracking proof of identity
Does anyone know any other way to determine who is logging into a system, tracking if worker is on the clock and physically there working? Time tracking is awful in the hourly service world, because a ...
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Ali Express hijacking my Chrome
So randomly every now and then, when I click on a link - instead of opening it normaly, a new tab is opened and some website with "tracking" in the name (I haven't caught the full name yet, it's quite ...
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Using VPN in the UAE - safe or trackable?
I'm currently in the United Arab Emirates, and I am wondering if Etisalat or the UAE can track what I am doing if I use the ZenMate VPN addon to Chrome?
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General concerns with cookies and privacy
The following post is in regards to headless *nix machines only...
I know programs like wget allow options to control cookies. However if a program is not HTTP centric, has little or no options for ...
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Do RFID key cards track the user through entry ways?
At work we use RFID tags to enter the building and each floor. The tags double as photo ID, I always wondered if they are used (or can be used) to keep track of staff movements.
I always assumed that ...
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Does this CSS code expose if a message is read, and how long they have been reading it?
This email analytics company offers an 'engagement metric' that shows how much time someone spends looking at an email, whether the email is printed or deleted.
They also claim it works in pretty ...
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Can video feed be used to track location of an IP?
I don't know if it is possible, but I have read that while a user is viewing a video, the location of user can be traced without sharing its knowledge to the user. Even when user has disabled the ...
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OSX Yosemite and Security/Privacy
I currently have a Macbook Pro running OSX Mavericks, being the skeptic that I am I always wait a bit before upgrading to 'new' OS versions when they are released to see how they fare both stability ...
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How could one defeat Webtrackers
I was just wondering why some pages refuse to load completely while surfing with no-script Plug-in when I don’t allow specific Java scripts. I was wondering if there is some way to hold the tracker ...
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How does X-UIDH user tracking work and how can I detect it?
See these two EFF articles about how Verizon puts a tracker ID in the header of a http request, circumventing anti-cookie measures:
Verizon Injecting Perma-Cookies to Track Mobile Customers, ...
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Question about Being Discreet on the Internet
I've had difficuties finding all the informations I'm looking for on how to reduce one's fingerprints on the Internet, during "everyday" network surfing.
I'm found this post which is interesting : ...
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Are VISA gift cards untraceable?
I was in a retail store today, and these people were discussing how easy it is for people to use stolen credit cards, and buy those visa gift cards without being traced after they purchase the gift ...
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Using cookies for cross domain authentication
I have an web app 1 which would do the authentication of the user. After that I want to forward the request to another web app 2.
Now web app 1 will generate some hashcode which I can authenticate in ...
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How does someone with HubSpot Sidekick knows when I opened their sent email?
This app claims to know when recipients opened the emails that were sent to them. Tracking clicked URLs is fairly straightforward. What I don't understand is how a 3rd party can possibly know when I ...
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Can a company track your browsing history if you are not connected to the company network?
I am using the Internet from my laptop at home, and am not connected to my company's network. I am using my own Vodafone dongle for my Internet connection. I was logged in to Gmail using my work e-...
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Is it possible to identify who's behind a nmap -D scan?
Nmap's -D option stands for decoy, which means that the attacker can simulate that the attack is coming from multiple IPs, including attacker's IP.
From the point of view of the victim, is it ...
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Conversant, CNAME, Cookies, and PCI complaince
We have been asked to evaluate Conversant Tracking.
http://www.conversantmedia.com/solutions/enterprise-solutions
From what I can tell its pretty straight forward tracking, like google re-marketing, ...
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How can they catch me, how can i hide my self [duplicate]
Im using a website and somehow they can find out that i am using a proxy.
My first question is how can they do. How can they find out this? And Second what can i do i mean how can i hide my self, is ...
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If earlier the SIM card is used in multiple mobile device; can we find or trace those mobile's imei numbers?
Can we trace the imei numbers of mobile devices in which SIM card was used previously, & if it was used in multiple mobile devices?
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Track mail sender from Mesh network [closed]
Mesh network have one router connected to WAN or Internet so IP address is allocated to that router will be exiting point for all the nodes.. and other routers will have Internet connection from that ...
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How can I avoid Canvas Fingerprinting?
Canvas Fingerprinting has been getting a lot of press these last few days.
Here is a study I read on this topic: 1 and 2
What can I do to keep browsing anonymously and avoid this tracking method?
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Are Internet Explorers "Tracking Protection" able to prevent AddThis canvas fingerprinting?
A paper on web tracking mechanisms identifies the web-tracking company AddThis as a major user of canvas fingerprinting.
Are IE:s Tracking Protection, provided Tracking Protection Lists including ...
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Preventing tracking in browsers by setting HOME directory
Following worked on Ubuntu 12.04 using chromium and firefox browsers.
I ran following command on terminal for both firefox and chromium browser
HOME=/tmp/tmpdir firefox
Both browsers promptly ...
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How to post comments on websites without being traced back
Just trying to get some general sense about the security on internet now-a-days.
There are so many websites I go and comment on different things. If some comments are political and they don't like, I ...
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Enterprise Tracking of Devices Logged into WiFi
If I have a Bring Your Own Device policy, how can I track whose device belongs to each IP address? Do I need to collect information on all devices that use the WiFi system?
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Can DNS servers log users requests for commercial use (e.g. track direct access to websites)?
How does it work?
For example, could OpenDNS be tracking everything (source ip + requested url) and then selling it to who have the necessary information to correlate the ip addresses with people ...
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How are logs stored with ISP?
When dynamic IP addresses are assigned to users, how do ISPs store the logs? Do they just store the time and address of the websites visited or do they store the whole URL like we see in our browsers?
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Is it Possible for a Java Applet to Record Cursor Movements Inside the Applet? [closed]
I am using my mouse to interact with a Java applet in a browser. Clearly the party that owns the Java applet can record where I click inside the applet. What I'm wondering about now is whether it is ...
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Best practices for notebook anti-theft. Computer tracking
I am buying a new Thinkpad with an in-built GPS/Cellular modem. I am thinking what are the best practices for making the notebook secure in case of theft. I am planning to do full disk encryption and ...
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Can my GSM network operator figure out the name of the Wi-Fi access point I am connected to?
I recently saw a film where the police were able to locate where the criminal was because the GSM network operator knew the name of the Wi-Fi access point the phone of the criminal was connected to ...
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How can I trace MAC address of not asosciated devices in my WiFi network?
I'm looking for hints to solve my problem.
I would like to trace all devices that are in my surroundings.
I know how do it when someone already access to my WiFi network, but I'm also interested to ...
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Can one scan multiple websites for tracking cookies and beacons?
Are there any tools or techniques that allow a scan of multiple sites for the use of tracking cookies, beacons, web bugs, or offsite javascript includes?
As far as I can tell, major web application ...
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Can a 'fingerprint' file be used to track a stolen device?
A recent laptop theft, as well as concern that the data upon it might be deliberately accessed (on a drive with encryption or not), head lead me to think about how one might retroactively seek to ...
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Will my method for managing account data work?
I'm looking at whats nessecary to create a small accounts server for a video game I'm programming in my spare time. User privacy is a very important topic for me, and I don't want to keep anything ...
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For how long ISPs keep record of Internet usage? [closed]
For how long ISPs keep record of Internet usage?
Do they keep record of every page we visit?
In what form do they keep such records (remote IP, URL, page title, headers, etc.)?
Is it possible for an ...
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How to trace virtual phone number?
Suppose I received a call from internet with some virtual number, I called the same number back after few days but it didn't exist at the time or it was routed to some other user.
Is there a way to ...
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Someone keeps using my email address. What to do?
I have had a GMail ever since it was created, so it's an email address that is easy to remember, but also easy for somebody else to get confused with.
Since I'm not going to post my email address ...
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Internet monitoring and DNS encryption
If someone hides their DNS traffic by encrypting it with a service such as OpenDNS's DNSCrypt, would you still be able to see which URLs they're viewing?
Also, if that person uses HTTPS 100% of the ...
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What information can be gained from an Email Header?
What information is present in an Email Header that can be used to track a sent mail? For example, are some of these present?
Web Browser used?
Operating system
Type of Network (broadband/dial up)?
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Does a chain of proxies (e.g. one connecting to another and another and so on) make tracing the original IP harder/impossible?
I see nobody here has asked this question. What if one, instead of just using a single proxy, connected a proxy-to-proxy in a very long chain and downloaded something (illegal) using secure packets (...
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How do phone location services get their information?
Location services - such as https://www.lociloci.com - allow you to track any phone as long as the person replies to a text to allow the tracking to be performed. How do these services receive the ...
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