# Exploring the Privacy Threats of Browser Extension Fingerprinting

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/exploring-the-privacy-threats-of-browser-extension-fingerprinting/206
**Category:** General
**Tags:** browsers, article
**Created:** 2022-10-03T08:06:32Z
**Posts:** 3

## Post 1 by @anon34719932 — 2022-10-03T08:06:32Z

[https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Carnus%3A-Exploring-the-Privacy-Threats-of-Browser-Karami-Ilia/096459bb1ad69b89ad73e08b880c344d7995139d#citing-papers](https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Carnus%3A-Exploring-the-Privacy-Threats-of-Browser-Karami-Ilia/096459bb1ad69b89ad73e08b880c344d7995139d#citing-papers)

If you’re after a light, morning read, this might not fit the bill. **But** , if you don’t mind the denseness of research, or you’re interested, here’s a highlight from my recent reading! :smile:

I found _III. System Design and Implementation_ and _V. Experimental Evaluation: Fingerprints_ particularly interesting, although I really recommend reading the full paper.

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## Post 2 by @root — 2022-10-06T09:16:04Z

What an excellent paper. I love reading about fingerprint reduction (and RFP). I’m a regular user of [Arkenfox/user.js](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js) myself. It’s wild how so many things which you do in your browser can be fingerprinting nightmares. Keep the information flowing freely!

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## Post 3 by @prosperina — 2022-12-18T19:50:53Z

Interesting read, thanks for sharing. I’ve only skimmed through it quickly looking for some references to about identifying users through their web browser’s installed and/or active themes. Do you guys know if installing themes or customizing themes via local css files e.g., `userChrome.css` is a concern for privacy?