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Created Feb 23, 2016 by cypherpunks@cypherpunks

Mouse Tracking Defenses in Tor Browser

Besides keystroke fingerprinting (already defended against by Tor browser) another widely deployed tracking technique is mouse tracking that measures a user's mouse position and movement in real time with JS. every user has a unique behavior pattern that allow correlation and deanonymization of users. This type of fingerprinting has been exploited by surveillance companies like Facebook and Microsoft for five years now. [2][3]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse_tracking [2] https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/11/01/facebook-to-silent-track-users-cursor-movements-to-see-which-ads-we-like-best/ [3] http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2015/06/16/facebook_s_new_attention_tracking_feature_is_super_creepy.html

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