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Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity - Ars Technicahttps://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/websites-have-a-new-way-to-spy-on-visitors-analyzing-their-ssd-activity/

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    Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity - Ars Technica
    https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/websites-have-a-new-way-to-spy-on-visitors-analyzing-their-ssd-activity/

    Don't watch. Nothing to see here if you have nothing to hide.
    Only Anti-Tech activitists must be concerned.

    "...measuring subtle interactions with their solid-state drives. The technique, named FROST (fingerprinting remotely using OPFS-based SSD timing), allows sites to monitor other sites a visitor is viewing and what apps are open on their devices."

    #security #web #browser

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      Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity - Ars Technica
      https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/websites-have-a-new-way-to-spy-on-visitors-analyzing-their-ssd-activity/

      Don't watch. Nothing to see here if you have nothing to hide.
      Only Anti-Tech activitists must be concerned.

      "...measuring subtle interactions with their solid-state drives. The technique, named FROST (fingerprinting remotely using OPFS-based SSD timing), allows sites to monitor other sites a visitor is viewing and what apps are open on their devices."

      #security #web #browser

      discobeez@mas.toD This user is from outside of this forum
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      @thomasfricke It needs to create a gigabyte-sized file for the attack to work

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        @thomasfricke It needs to create a gigabyte-sized file for the attack to work

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        @discobeez

        Like this?

        https://www.tech2geek.net/google-chrome-is-secretly-downloading-a-4gb-ai-file-heres-how-to-stop-it/

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          Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity - Ars Technica
          https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/websites-have-a-new-way-to-spy-on-visitors-analyzing-their-ssd-activity/

          Don't watch. Nothing to see here if you have nothing to hide.
          Only Anti-Tech activitists must be concerned.

          "...measuring subtle interactions with their solid-state drives. The technique, named FROST (fingerprinting remotely using OPFS-based SSD timing), allows sites to monitor other sites a visitor is viewing and what apps are open on their devices."

          #security #web #browser

          grmon@chaos.socialG This user is from outside of this forum
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          @thomasfricke @scream

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