Study of 85 Crypto Wallet Extensions Finds Address Leaks and Cross-Site Tracking Risks

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Study of 85 Crypto Wallet Extensions Finds Address Leaks and Cross-Site Tracking Risks
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Researchers at KU Leuven tested 85 of the most popular crypto wallets that run as browser extensions and found that the wallets themselves leak enough to link and track the people using them. The way these wallets talk to websites and blockchain servers can tie a person's separate addresses together and let outsiders follow them from site to site. And on a site that already holds a name or

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