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Tracking users with favicons, even in incognito mode (github.com)
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[โ€“] anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, this one is an old github post. Firefox version 86 is mentioned in the table.

Back then Firefox wasn't vulnerable due to a bug that caused the browser to always grab a new favicon even if it was cached.
Nowadays the Total Cookie Protection ensures that the websites are isolated and the favicon tracking fails.

[โ€“] Goretantath@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Oh good, few!