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Song-Li / cross_browser

cross_browser

This is a project for a browser fingerprinting technique that can track users not only within a single browser but also across different browsers on the same machine.

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REPOSITORY AT A GLANCE

What to know before exploring

What it is

This is a project for a browser fingerprinting technique that can track users not only within a single browser but also across different browsers on the same machine.

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Where it is used

No documented product use has been verified yet.

What people are saying

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by week3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2017-02-14 21:57:00 UTC to 2017-05-29 10:41:12 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

012017-02-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-02-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsFeb 132017-02-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-03-06 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2017-03-06 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-03-27 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-03-27 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-04-03 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-04-03 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-04-10 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsApr 32017-04-10 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-04-17 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-04-17 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-04-24 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-04-24 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-05-22 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-05-22 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-05-29 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2017-05-29 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-06-05 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 commentsMay 29

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Feb 132017-02-13 00:00:00 UTC2017-02-20 00:00:00 UTC101
Feb 202017-02-20 00:00:00 UTC2017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 272017-02-27 00:00:00 UTC2017-03-06 00:00:00 UTC101
Mar 62017-03-06 00:00:00 UTC2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 132017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC2017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 202017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC2017-03-27 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 272017-03-27 00:00:00 UTC2017-04-03 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 32017-04-03 00:00:00 UTC2017-04-10 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 102017-04-10 00:00:00 UTC2017-04-17 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 172017-04-17 00:00:00 UTC2017-04-24 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 242017-04-24 00:00:00 UTC2017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 12017-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC000
May 82017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC000
May 152017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC2017-05-22 00:00:00 UTC000
May 222017-05-22 00:00:00 UTC2017-05-29 00:00:00 UTC000
May 292017-05-29 00:00:00 UTC2017-06-05 00:00:00 UTC110

What Hacker News says

3 sources
anotherturn·May 29, 2017Submission

Researchers develop cross-browser fingerprinting technique

It's been known since around ~2010 that browsing the web with javascript enabled allows third parties to track you across the internet irrespective of whether you have DNT/cookies enabled or use incognito mode. It seems that now similar approaches can be used to track you even if you use different browsers [1] and the source is available if not fully complete [2]. Quite a good talk on this last year at MS Research[3]. This raises a question - will we see users start to disable javascript in the same way as they have started to enable DNT and (to a degree disable cookies)? [1]:https://www.ghacks.net/2017/02/14/researchers-develop-cross-browser-fingerprinting… [2]:https://github.com/Song-Li/cross_browser [3]:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y1Y96jC5AA
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