CookieGraph: Understanding and Detecting First-Party Tracking Cookies
Shaoor Munir, Sandra Siby, Umar Iqbal, Steven Englehardt, Zubair Shafiq, Carmela Troncoso
Abstract
As third-party cookie blocking is becoming the norm in mainstream web browsers, advertisers and trackers have started to use first-party cookies for tracking. To understand this phenomenon, we conduct a differential measurement study with versus without third-party cookies. We find that first-party cookies are used to store and exfiltrate identifiers to known trackers even when third-party cookies are blocked.
Topics & Concepts
BitTorrent trackerThird partyMainstreamComputer scienceTracking (education)IdentifierBlocking (statistics)PhenomenonWeb browserInternet privacyAdvertisingComputer securityWorld Wide WebThe InternetBusinessArtificial intelligencePolitical scienceEye trackingComputer networkPsychologyQuantum mechanicsPedagogyLawPhysicsSpam and Phishing DetectionPrivacy, Security, and Data ProtectionInternet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting