FP-Fed: Privacy-Preserving Federated Detection of Browser Fingerprinting
Meenatchi Sundaram Muthu Selva Annamalai
Network and Distributed System Security (NDSS) Symposium 2024 · Day 1 · Poisoning Attacks
This article delves into FP-Fed, a groundbreaking system designed for the **Privacy-Preserving Federated Detection of Browser Fingerprinting**. Presented at the NDSS Symposium by Meenatchi Sundaram Muthu Selva Annamalai, this research addresses a critical and evolving threat to user privacy in the wake of the impending deprecation of third-party cookies. As major browsers increasingly restrict traditional tracking mechanisms, adversaries are pivoting to more insidious methods like browser fingerprinting, which can create persistent, unique identifiers for users across the web, often without their knowledge or consent.