ThresholdFP: Enhanced Durability in Browser Fingerprinting
Browser fingerprinting is a powerful tool for user identification in financial and other security-critical applications that require strong authentication. However, due to the instability of browser attributes, fingerprints often change rapidly, reducing their lifespan and negatively impacting user convenience. We propose, a novel linking algorithm designed to extend the durability of browser fingerprints without compromising precision. Instead of replacing the fingerprint after even a small change, computes a difference score between fingerprints and tolerates variations as long as they stay within a predefined threshold. To ensure realistic performance evaluation, we collected and utilized two real-world datasets. Comparative results show that the fingerprints generated by are significantly more persistent than those produced by existing methods, while maintaining near-perfect precision. Notably, our approach achieves an improvement in average tracking duration ranging from 24.33% to 106.30% compared to rival schemes in the literature.
Authors
- Albert Lévi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9714-3897)
- Sinan Emre Taşçı
- Elif Ecem Şamlioğlu
- Muhammed Fatih Gülşen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8278-2818)
Institutions
- Sabancı Üniversitesi (TR)
- X-Fab (Germany) (DE)
- Teknoloji Arastirma ve Gelistirme Endustriyel Urunler Bilisim Teknolojileri San Tic (TR)
- International Flavors & Fragrances (France) (FR)
- BTG International (United Kingdom) (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- IEEE Access
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2025.3597821
- Primary Topic
- Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00