Advances in Web Tracking and Data Protection

The field of web tracking and data protection is undergoing significant transformations, driven by the adoption of anti-tracking countermeasures by browsers and the growing enforcement of emerging privacy regulations. Recent research has focused on developing innovative techniques to detect and prevent non-consensual cross-site tracking, such as stateful banner interaction and tracking cookies. Additionally, there is a growing interest in dataset watermarking and membership verification, with novel methods being proposed to enhance the security and integrity of large language models. Noteworthy papers in this area include: SoK: Advances and Open Problems in Web Tracking, which provides a comprehensive overview of the technical mechanisms, countermeasures, and regulations shaping the modern web tracking landscape. LexiMark: Robust Watermarking via Lexical Substitutions, which proposes a novel watermarking technique designed for text and documents, embedding synonym substitutions for carefully selected high-entropy words.

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Enhancing Inventory Management with Progressive Web Applications (PWAs): A Scalable Solution for Small and Large Enterprises

Intractable Cookie Crumbs: Unveiling the Nexus of Stateful Banner Interaction and Tracking Cookies

SoK: Advances and Open Problems in Web Tracking

LexiMark: Robust Watermarking via Lexical Substitutions to Enhance Membership Verification of an LLM's Textual Training Data

Computational Studies in Influencer Marketing: A Systematic Literature Review

Winter Soldier: Backdooring Language Models at Pre-Training with Indirect Data Poisoning

Unlocking Post-hoc Dataset Inference with Synthetic Data

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