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I Spy with My Little Eye: Analysis and Detection of Spying Browser Extensions
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2018
arXiv
pre-print
Several studies have been conducted on understanding third-party user tracking on the web. However, web trackers can only track users on sites where they are embedded by the publisher, thus obtaining a fragmented view of a user's online footprint. In this work, we investigate a different form of user tracking, where browser extensions are repurposed to capture the complete online activities of a user and communicate the collected sensitive information to a third-party domain. We conduct an
arXiv:1612.00766v3
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