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Internet User Trackers and Where to Find Them

Applied Computer Systems
Volume 27 (2022): Issue 1 (June 2022)
By: Vitalijs Teze and  Erika Nazaruka  
Open Access
|Aug 2022

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acss-2022-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2255-8691 | Journal ISSN: 2255-8683
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Language: English
Page range: 75 - 82
Published on: Aug 23, 2022
Published by: Riga Technical University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open
Keywords:
Behavioural online advertisement,
browser fingerprinting,
internet user tracking,
online user tracking
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Artificial intelligence,
Information technology,
Project management,
Software development

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