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...
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| author | Elif Ecem Samlioglu Sinan Emre Tasci Muhammed Fatih Gulsen Albert Levi |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d92d2a2bcd6645ea8914ff9fc18daabb2025-08-20T03:43:55ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-011314150914152410.1109/ACCESS.2025.359782111122508ThresholdFP: Enhanced Durability in Browser FingerprintingElif Ecem Samlioglu0https://orcid.org/0009-0008-1303-8995Sinan Emre Tasci1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6783-0952Muhammed Fatih Gulsen2https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8278-2818Albert Levi3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9714-3897Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancı University, Istanbul, TürkiyeFraud.com International Ltd., London, U.K.İHS Kurumsal Teknoloji Hizmetleri A.Ş., Istanbul, TürkiyeFaculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Sabancı University, Istanbul, TürkiyeBrowser 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.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11122508/Browser fingerprintingweb authenticationtracking timestability |
| spellingShingle | Elif Ecem Samlioglu Sinan Emre Tasci Muhammed Fatih Gulsen Albert Levi ThresholdFP: Enhanced Durability in Browser Fingerprinting IEEE Access Browser fingerprinting web authentication tracking time stability |
| title | ThresholdFP: Enhanced Durability in Browser Fingerprinting |
| title_full | ThresholdFP: Enhanced Durability in Browser Fingerprinting |
| title_fullStr | ThresholdFP: Enhanced Durability in Browser Fingerprinting |
| title_full_unstemmed | ThresholdFP: Enhanced Durability in Browser Fingerprinting |
| title_short | ThresholdFP: Enhanced Durability in Browser Fingerprinting |
| title_sort | thresholdfp enhanced durability in browser fingerprinting |
| topic | Browser fingerprinting web authentication tracking time stability |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11122508/ |
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