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Identifying People by Their Browsing Histories (Yes, it’s Quite Possible)

Most people don’t pay much attention to their web browsing histories (other than sometimes deleting it so that their significant others don’t see the sites they visit), but that can be a big mistake. In one of our previous articles, we discussed why it is important to hide your browsing history from your ISP and keep your online activities hidden , but an interesting paper shows that it’s much worse than that. Yes, They Can Identify You by Your Web Browsing History Patterns The paper , titled “Replication: Why We Still Can’t Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness and Reidentifiability of Web Browsing History”, was written in 2020 by Mozilla researchers Sarah Bird, Ilana Segall and Martin Lopatka. It is a replication and an extension of the 201 2 paper by Lukasz Olejnik, Claude Casteluccia and Artur Janc, titled “Why Johnny Can’t Browse in Peace: On the Uniqueness of Web Browsing History Patterns. The original research paper gathered web browsing h