SensorID: fingerprinting smartphones using data gathered from the accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer sensors

A new fingerprinting technique, developed by a team of University of Cambridge, allows websites to uniquely identify a phone, based on data from the accelerometer, gyroscope, and magnetometer sensors. Usually web browser provides a range of information to the website, including the name and version of software, screen size, fonts installed, officially in order to…

Article Link: https://www.andreafortuna.org/2019/06/05/sensorid-fingerprinting-smartphones-using-data-gathered-from-the-accelerometer-gyroscope-and-magnetometer-sensors/