What is timezone fingerprinting?

1. The definition of timezone fingerprinting

2. Security issues related to timezone fingerprinting

2.1. How does the timezone in fingerprints affect users?

• Privacy and Security: The collection and use of information may reduce user privacy. Some third parties may use this information to gain unauthorized access to a user’s services or to monitor their activity online.
• Adjusting the timezone and affecting the browser fingerprint: When users change the timezone on their system, this can change the information in their fingerprints, making it difficult to identify geolocation and causing confusion for web applications or advertisers. This can affect user experience, especially in accessing online services such as banking, e-commerce, etc.
• Changing timezone and affecting user experience: When moving to a different time zone, using timezone fingerprinting can confuse web applications or advertisers because they will guess wrong about the user’s geographic location. Users may also have difficulty synchronizing information between their devices when traveling to a region with a different time zone.

2.2. Recommendations for users

• Turn off timezone crawling: For sites or apps that don’t need to collect timezone information, the owner can disable this feature to minimize the risk of privacy violations and protect your privacy. user’s password.
• Adjust the timezone on the computer: If users feel that collecting timezone information might reduce their privacy, they can manually adjust the timezone on their computer, instead of letting the system do it. The system automatically retrieves this information.
• Limit browser access: Users can use privacy management software to limit browser access and prevent timezone information collection from websites and applications.
• Utilize antidetect browser: Users can use privacy management software such as Genlogin antidetect browser to control information shared and collected from websites and applications.

3. Conclusion