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Tracking users with favicons, even in incognito mode (github.com)
submitted 9 months ago by cm0002@libretechni.ca to c/privacy@programming.dev
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[-] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 22 points 9 months ago

Ah, this one is an old github post. Firefox version 86 is mentioned in the table.

Back then Firefox wasn't vulnerable due to a bug that caused the browser to always grab a new favicon even if it was cached.
Nowadays the Total Cookie Protection ensures that the websites are isolated and the favicon tracking fails.

[-] Goretantath@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Oh good, few!

[-] oshu@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

2 years out of date

this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2025
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