Websites have a new way to spy on visitors: analyzing their SSD activity

Ars Technica
By Dan GoodinMay 27, 2026, 4:56 pm119 ptsTrending
Over the decades, there has been no shortage of sites using clever techniques to covertly track visitors’ browsing histories, device fingerprints, and log keystrokes and mouse movements in real time. Even Meta and Yandex were recently caught joining in the privacy-invasive free-for-all. Now sites have a new…

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