Tor users, beware: 'Scheme flooding' technique may be used to deanonymize you

By probing for installed apps with custom URL schemes, it's possible to build a 32-bit unique fingerprint

FingerprintJS, maker of a browser-fingerprinting library for fraud prevention, on Thursday said it has identified a more dubious fingerprinting technique capable of generating a consistent identifier across different desktop browsers, including the Tor Browser.…

from The Register