Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Reducing the value of a browser fingerprint
- Patent Title (中): 降低浏览器指纹的价值
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Application No.: US12845327Application Date: 2010-07-28
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Publication No.: US08613106B2Publication Date: 2013-12-17
- Inventor: Denise Ann Bell , Travis M. Grigsby , Jana Helton Jenkins
- Applicant: Denise Ann Bell , Travis M. Grigsby , Jana Helton Jenkins
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Moore & Van Allen PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F21/00
- IPC: G06F21/00

Abstract:
A method, operable on a processing device, for reducing the value of a browser fingerprint may include receiving, by the processing device, a request to provide a list of plugins installed on a browser. The method may also include generating, by the processing device, a fake list of plugins installed on the browser. The method may additionally include communicating, by the processing device, the fake list of plugins installed on the browser in response to the received request to provide a list of plugins installed on the browser.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120030576A1 REDUCING THE VALUE OF A BROWSER FINGERPRINT Public/Granted day:2012-02-02
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