Systems and methods for enhancing user privacy
US11140136B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 30, 2020 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 30, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for enhancing user privacy may include (i) intercepting, by a privacy-protecting network proxy, network traffic between a client device and a server device, the client device being protected by a network-based privacy solution that inhibits browser fingerprinting through the privacy-protecting network proxy, (ii) detecting, at the privacy-protecting network proxy, that the network traffic indicates an attempt by a browser fingerprinting service to perform browser fingerprinting on the client device, and (iii) modifying, at the privacy-protecting network proxy based on the detecting of the attempt to perform browser fingerprinting, the intercepted network traffic such that browser fingerprinting performed by the browser fingerprinting service is at least partially inhibited. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
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