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Life & fun · April 20, 2015

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Detect Throwaway Accounts [Firefox Exploit]

Detect Throwaway Accounts [Firefox Exploit] launched on April 20, 2015 with 12 votes, #1,133 of 3,600 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.

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In plain words

Detect Throwaway Accounts is a Firefox demonstration that exploits a browser bug to identify and link temporary accounts to their associated real accounts when users enable Private Browsing mode. Chrome users are not vulnerable to this technique. The demo illustrates a privacy concern in Firefox based on a 2014 bug report, highlighting how browser features intended for privacy can sometimes have unintended security implications.

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From the sources

This is a demo that allows websites to detect and connect throwaway accounts to their real users when the user is using Firefox's Private Browsing mode. This exploits Firefox's Bug #1100154 that I reported in 2014. Chrome users are not affected by thisfrom diafygi.github.io

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