This paper introduces adF, a novel system for analyzing the vulnerability of different devices, Operating Systems (OSes), and browsers to web fingerprinting. adF performs its measurements from code inserted in ads. We have used our system in several ad campaigns that delivered 5,40 million ad impressions. The collected data enable us to assess the vulnerability of current desktop and mobile devices to web fingerprinting. Based on our results, we estimate that 64% of desktop devices and 40% of mobile devices can be uniquely fingerprinted with our web fingerprinting system. However, the resilience to web fingerprinting varies significantly across browsers and device types, with Chrome on desktops being the most vulnerable configuration.
翻译:本文介绍adF,一种分析不同设备、操作系统及浏览器对Web指纹识别脆弱性的新型系统。adF通过嵌入广告中的代码执行测量。我们已在多个广告活动中部署该系统,累计投放540万次广告展示。收集的数据使我们能够评估当前桌面端与移动端设备对Web指纹识别的脆弱性。根据实验结果,我们估计64%的桌面设备与40%的移动设备可通过我们的Web指纹识别系统实现唯一标识。然而,浏览器与设备类型对Web指纹识别的抵抗能力存在显著差异,其中桌面端Chrome浏览器是最脆弱的配置组合。