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Evercookie

tool:evercookie

Open-source JavaScript library that stores identifiers through multiple browser and local-storage mechanisms.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing DEVELOPED_BY Samy Kamkar Explicit 61
outgoing USES Flash cookies Explicit 61
incoming USES National Security Agency Attributed 61

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Evercookie DEVELOPED_BY Samy Kamkar

Samy created the open-source Evercookie JavaScript library.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Samy Kamkar EP 61 Details

“I created this open-source JavaScript library called Evercookie”

Samy Kamkar · offsets 45424–45487

Evercookie USES Flash cookies

Evercookie stores tracking identifiers in Flash cookies as one of multiple local-storage mechanisms.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Samy Kamkar EP 61 Details

“you’d store it in Flash cookies”

Samy Kamkar · offsets 45626–45657

National Security Agency USES Evercookie

The episode says classified documents indicated that the NSA sometimes used Evercookie to track users through Tor.

Attributed Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 61 Details

“the NSA sometimes uses Evercookie to track its users through Tor”