[liberationtech] Anonymous blogger outed by analytics signature

Jacob Appelbaum jacob at appelbaum.net
Wed Nov 16 09:26:28 PST 2011


On 11/16/2011 08:34 AM, Graham Webster wrote:
> Hi Libtech,
> 
> Thought it would be worth pointing out this article that reports it's
> possible in some cases to determine who runs a site because of shared
> analytics signatures. The writer notes that this risk isn't found in
> guides to anonymous blogging he consulted.
> 
> http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2011/11/goog-analytics-anony-bloggers/all/1
>
> 

Hi Graham,

Torbutton covers this exact issue:
https://www.torproject.org/torbutton/en/design/index.html

All the best,
Jacob



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