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Fighting cookie theft using device bound sessions (blog.chromium.org)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

the browser has the capabilities to differentiate devices

The browser can do it whether this exists or not. The only information the website gets is that the browser supports this feature or not, and nothing else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My bad, I worded that badly. What I meant is that the website now has access to those features via the browser (js or some other mechanism). Now suddenly fingerprinting a device can be made easier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

That's a valid concern, but according to the article all the website can access is the random public key, or the fact that the feature is unsupported in this browser (for an unspecified reason).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah, I've also read the article. I am just being cautious on how it can be used for other things that cause privacy concern. And so far, I've come up blank too.