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890 Websites Have a New Way To Spy On Visitors: Analyzing Their SSD Activity

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BeauHD @ Slashdot · 05/27/2026 23:30 EDT

Websites Have a New Way To Spy On Visitors: Analyzing Their SSD Activity

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Now sites have a new way to spy on their visitors: measuring subtle interactions with their solid-state drives. The technique, named FROST (fingerprinting remotely using OPFS-based SSD timing), allows sites to monitor other sites a visitor is viewing and what apps are open on their devices. The technique, laid out in a research paper (PDF), exploits a side channel, a form of leak resulting from physical manifestations such as electromagnetic emanations,

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