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Any idea on how the google translate URL ended up in a HTTP referer header ? Or how did they get the data !?


It has been a couple of days since I watched the video, but if i recall correctly their point was not about the tracking by browser extensions (which is horrible and as mentioned above is in most cases blockable) but more about the ease with which these datasets can be used to de-anonymize users completely. Most large companies will be able to construct at least a partial data set from licensing various tracking providers.




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