BrowserSpy Entries

En kendt tjeneste på nettet har fået sit helt eget website. BrowserSpy.dk er stedet, hvor det afsløres hvor megen information, din browser afslører om dig og dit system.

Viste du f.eks. at alle websites du besøger kan finde ud af hvilke fonte du har installeret på dit system? De kan også finde ud af om du har en lang række programmer installeret. Alt fra Adobe Reader over OpenOffice.org og Google Chrome til Microsoft Silverlight. Og se hvilken version af dem du bruger.

Når du bevæger dig rundt på nettet efterlader din browser en masse digitale aftryk. Websites kan bruge disse aftryk til at undersøge dit system. BrowserSpy er en tjeneste hvor du kan se, hvilke digitale aftryk, din browser efterlader sig, når du bevæger dig rundt på internettet.

Hvorfor bekymre sig?
En ondsindet webside kan undersøge om en bestemt version af et program er installeret og udnytte et evt. hul / fejl i programmet til at overtage din PC eller installere spyware.

Hvem, hvad og hvornår
BrowserSpy.dk er en gratis tjeneste udviklet i fritiden af Henrik Gemal. Tjenesten, så første gang dagens lys i 1999, som en række websider, der kunne oplyse hvilken browser du brugte. Gennem årene er tjenesten konstant blev udvidet og indeholder i dag mere end 65 forskellige test. I september 2008 fik tjenesten så sit helt website på browserspy.dk.

Prøv det hele på http://browserspy.dk/

After many months of coding, my largest project until now, is now online.

BrowserSpy.dk is the new place to check out if you want to test just how much information your browser leaks when visiting a website. Check it out!

Did you know that websites can detect which fonts you have installed? And also see you internal IP address? Even if you're behind a firewall and router? And see what .NET frameworks you have installed?

Please visit BrowserSpy.dk!

I've updated the Java page at BrowserSpy. It now includes a Java information applet both using a simple applet tag and a object/embed tag. So if you're running Internet Explorer and has Sun Java installed both Java's will be shown.

Better detection of Mozilla Firebird has also been added to the Basic page.

What is BrowserSpy?
BrowserSpy is a collection of online tests that shows you what a website like mine, can collect of information about you. Privacy to the ultimate test!

BrowserSpy is todays Kim Komando Kool Site. That was the reason for the increase in traffic.

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BrowserSpy is mentioned in the latest SpywareInfo Newsletter.

It's also mentioned in section 8 Be conscious of Web security. of EFF's Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy

And a lot of other places. So be sure to also link to BrowserSpy from you page. You can use the following HTML:
<a href="http://gemal.dk/browserspy/">BrowserSpy - Privacy to the ultimate test</a>

YABU - Yet Another BrowserSpy Update!

Email Address Verification Information
Verify the existance of an email address!

BrowserSpy can now tell you the number of CD ROM drives you have, the CD ROM Drive letters and can also try to open the CD ROM drives!
Internet Explorer only

Check it out!

Headers Information
Check the headers that your client sends.

You can now get a list of Installed Certificates from BrowserSpy if you're running Internet Explorer.

Privacy to the ultimate test

Certificate CSP (Cryptographic Service Provider) Information added to BrowserSpy.
This will show the installed Cryptographic Service Providers. It only works in Internet Explorer.

Just added SOAP Information to BrowserSpy. You can now test if your browser supports SOAP.

BrowserSpy blev nomineret til en Big Brother Award, men vandt desværre ikke. Men en nominering er jo helt fint.
Motivering
Henrik Gemal har udviklet et online-redskab, BrowserSpy, der analyserer den besøgendes browser og dernæst viser alle de oplysninger, som et website kan udlede af vores browsere.
Han fortjener derfor en Simon for både at have udviklet et konkret og brugbart redskab og samtidig for at give andre anskuelighedsundervisning i, hvor tynd anonymiteten på nettet er.
Det giver den besøgende en mulighed for at tage stilling til, hvor meget vedkommende fremover vil afsløre om sig selv og sine netvaner ved besøg på tilfældige websider.

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I've updated BrowserSpy to include a bunch of new detections:
- Certificate Information
- CSS Exploit Information
- Cursors
- Font Information
- Parasites, spyware, adware check
- much much much more...

BrowserSpy can tell you all kinds of detailed information about you and your browser. Stuff like the version of your browser. What kind of things it supports and what it doesn't support. Furthermore it can provide you detailed information about JavaScript, Java, Plug-ins, Components, Bandwidth, Language, Screen, Hardware, IP, Cookies, Web Server, and much more....

Try it out...