Browser fingerprint tool shows how easy you are to track using the latest sneaky tricks
24-08-2026 23:07 via theregister.com

Browser fingerprint tool shows how easy you are to track using the latest sneaky tricks

If you're curious how easily tech companies can fingerprint your browser and device and potentially single them out from the crowd, a new utility Glassbox will show you. Aside from pinging a public geolocation API, it runs entirely in a user’s browser and doesn’t ship any info out to the web while acting just like all the various trackers, anti-fraud scripts, and other browser fingerprinting tricks one is likely to encounter online. Unlike some other available tools that do the same,
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