Telltale URLs Leak PII to Dozens of Third Parties

Minimalist · Aug 11, 2018

When we order food online, book a plane ticket or purchase seats for a show, we often get an email confirmation with a handy link that, when clicked, takes us directly to our confirmation, with no need to log back into the site. These pages have our confirmation code, the ability to “manage bookings” to make changes or cancel a reservation, and in many cases they contain personal information such as name, address, gender, travel plans, passport numbers and more.

From a user experience point of view, it’s convenient – but also the result of a widespread online tracking topography that’s ripe for exploitation, according to Konark Modi, security and data analyst at Cliqz/Ghostery.
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https://threatpost.com/def-con-2018-telltale-urls-leak-pii-to-dozens-of-third-parties/

mirimir · Aug 11, 2018

Yes, PII in URLs can be a horror show

guest · Aug 12, 2018

Local Sheriff reveals if sites leak personal information with third-parties
August 12, 2018
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/08/12/l...leak-personal-information-with-third-parties/

Local Sheriff is a browser extension for Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox that reveals to you if sites you visit share or leak personal information with third-parties.

The main difference between Local Sheriff and extensions that list trackers on websites is that Local Sheriff may reveal the actual data that gets shared with third-parties.

Leak information is displayed by the extension as a summary once hits are found (leaked to xx third-party domains, owned by yy different companies, courtesy of zz websites).
Closing Words and verdict
Local Sheriff is a well designed privacy extension for Firefox, Chrome, and compatible browsers. The current version of the extension requires that you check personal information manually against potential leaks by sites you visited which can be time consuming if you need to check multiple data sets.
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