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Does bookmark favicon loading kinda just defeat anti-fingerprinting measures?

Privacy Guides Community [Unofficial] April 2, 2026
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anonymous5344262278:

Does anyone have any insight on how this works?

Yes:

Whonix – 24 Dec 25

Favicons - Data Collection Techniques

In early 2021, researchers demonstrated that favicons [54] -- the tiny icons that appear next to the page name in browser tabs -- can be used as a novel tracking mechanism that acts like a supercookie: [55] | How third party tracking and data mining...

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