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Researchers have just unveiled a technique called FROST that lets a website work out which other websites and apps you have open, without you clicking a single thing (protonprivacy.substack.com)
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[–] 25 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Oh wow ... stating this is just regular fingerprinting is out of touch.

Its like my electric energy supplier analyzing current data and knowing brand, model and type of dishwasher and fridge. Which they can.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    That's putting it mildly.

    It's if they'd know the exact food in your fridge and where you got it from. Or the exact makeup of the clothes you buy. Oh, kid's clothes? What a lovley daughter you have! Would you like some educational material targeted for 4-8 year-olds?

    And aren't you expecting another one?

    Use a blender? What lovely strawberry milkshakes you like for breakfast. Why not tell the store most of your food comes from to raise their prices a bit, since it seems to be a trend in your city?

    Do you have meds in the fridge? Well, these items are often sold together, have a look. Oh, and a price increase.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

    Ok intrigued and incredulous. How could my power supplier guess the contents of my fridge?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    Late to reply, but

    Imagine if, like how app publishers can seemingly magically deploy arbitrary code and send data at a high speed to and from your devices, society and technology went in a similar way with appliances:

    Due to the obvious fire risk, all appliances need to be recorded. The recordings: accessible real-time to the fire department and yore utility suppliers. Don't worry, installation of the beeded equipment is covered by the Stop The Spread of Fire association. You only pay a symbolic part of the real cost.

    Sounds dystopian, and it is.

    Hell, with the way some cashier-free stores are using solely scale-equipped shelves (no camera needed), a conclusion of "Why don't we do that in OUR fridges by Samsung isn't impossible. Give an eextended warranty and some bonus functionality like expiry tracking if the user registers their produce in the device's built-in display. Then sell the data and profit.

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