Blocking Tracking JavaScript at the Function Granularity

AH Amjad, S Munir, Z Shafiq, MA Gulzar - … of the 2024 on ACM SIGSAC …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Modern websites extensively rely on JavaScript to implement both functionality and tracking.
Existing privacy-enhancing content-blocking tools struggle against mixed scripts, which …

Blocking javascript without breaking the web: An empirical investigation

AH Amjad, Z Shafiq, MA Gulzar - arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.01182, 2023 - arxiv.org
Modern websites heavily rely on JavaScript (JS) to implement legitimate functionality as well
as privacy-invasive advertising and tracking. Browser extensions such as NoScript block any …

Fledging Will Continue Until Privacy Improves: Empirical Analysis of Google's {Privacy-Preserving} Targeted Advertising

G Calderonio, MM Ali, J Polakis - 33rd USENIX Security Symposium …, 2024 - usenix.org
Google recently announced plans to phase out third-party cookies and is currently in the
process of rolling out the Chrome Privacy Sandbox, a collection of APIs and web standards …

Data Exposure from LLM Apps: An In-depth Investigation of OpenAI's GPTs

E Jaff, Y Wu, N Zhang, U Iqbal - arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.13247, 2024 - arxiv.org
LLM app ecosystems are quickly maturing and supporting a wide range of use cases, which
requires them to collect excessive user data. Given that the LLM apps are developed by third …

{PURL}: Safe and Effective Sanitization of Link Decoration

S Munir, P Lee, U Iqbal, Z Shafiq, S Siby - 33rd USENIX Security …, 2024 - usenix.org
While privacy-focused browsers have taken steps to block third-party cookies and mitigate
browser fingerprinting, novel tracking techniques that can bypass existing countermeasures …

An empirical analysis of E-governments' cookie interfaces in 50 countries

JA Alharbi, AS Albesher, HA Wahsheh - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cookies have been used by websites to store information about user behavior. Although
they provide several benefits, including improving user experience, they can threaten user …

Disposable identities: Solving web tracking

JB Abdo, S Zeadally - Journal of Information Security and Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
Interrupting the web tracking kill chain is enough to disrupt the tracker's ability to leverage
the collected information; however, this may disrupt the personalized services enjoyed by …

Accessibility Issues in Ad-Driven Web Applications

AH Amjad, M Danish, B Jah, MA Gulzar - arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.18590, 2024 - arxiv.org
Website accessibility is essential for inclusiveness and regulatory compliance. Although
third-party advertisements (ads) are a vital revenue source for free web services, they …

[HTML][HTML] Combating Web Tracking: Analyzing Web Tracking Technologies for User Privacy

K Sim, H Heo, H Cho - Future Internet, 2024 - mdpi.com
Behind everyday websites, a hidden shadow world tracks the behavior of Internet users.
Web tracking analyzes online activity based on collected data and delivers content tailored …

Thou Shalt Not Reject: Analyzing Accept-Or-Pay Cookie Banners on the Web

A Rasaii, D Gosain, O Gasser - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM on Internet …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Privacy regulations have led to many websites showing cookie banners to their users.
Usually, cookie banners present the user with the option to" accept" or" reject" cookies …