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Reddit website uses DRM for fingerprinting

An analysis of the Reddit website showed the use of the DRM system used to track users. The purpose of DRM within web browsers is in it’s nature not used for telemetry purposes and in this case by making use of the technology the company deceives their website visitors. source: https://smitop.com/post/reddit-whiteops/ archived source: https://wellthissucks.xyz/2020/07/08/reddit-website-uses-drm-for-fingerprinting-archived-source/
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Reddit website uses DRM for fingerprinting – archived source

Reddit’s website uses DRM for fingerprinting By  Smitop · Jul 8, 2020 Recently, I was using a page on Reddit (i.e. the main redesign domain, not old.reddit.com), when I saw a yellow bar from Firefox: Why did Reddit want to use DRM? This pop-up was appearing on all pages, even on pages with no audio or video. To find […]
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