Show HN: CreepJS Browser Fingerprinting

Category: security

Tags: privacy, browser-security, fingerprinting

Score: 8.0/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 9, Documentation: 3, Utility: 7)

CreepJS is a sophisticated browser fingerprinting tool that demonstrates how websites can uniquely identify visitors by collecting and analyzing dozens of browser attributes, WebGL capabilities, and hardware characteristics. It's interesting because it reveals the extent of tracking possible in modern browsers and serves as both a privacy research tool and a testing platform for anti-fingerprinting techniques.

Target audience: frontend devs, security researchers, privacy advocates

Repository: https://abrahamjuliot.github.io/creepjs/

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