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Comment Re:unclear on the mechanism, but there are steps.. (Score 1) 55

That fact that it was Microsoft that identified and correlated the device would seem to suggest that it was part of their telemetry data. Which is horrifying if you think about it.

Using a privacy safe browser probably won't help if the underlying OS is logging and tattling on you.

At a pure networking level, the OS knows that you opened a TCP connection on port 443 to a particular IP address at X time, etc, etc.

Comment Re:works with (Score 1) 70

I remember some of the first advice I ever received about public speaking. Several people told me to imagine everyone naked or naked with only socks on (for some reason) presumably to help me redirect focus away from my anxiety. I guess now, this can be an actual thing instead of just imaginary.

FYI, the advice didn't work for me anyway, it just ended up making me feel like a creep and compounded my anxiety.

Comment All data should be fuzzed by the browser (Score 3, Insightful) 111

There should be no such thing as accurate timing from any API the browser provides, by default.

If there is a site that requires this type of accurate timing information, an exception should be able to be created, but it should be off by default.

We just keep seeing these timing attacks. There is just no reason a random web site needs accurate information from your browser to function.

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