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The Washington Post leveraged web X-ray technology to expose widespread deployment of browser fingerprinting scripts

Customer

A senior technology columnist at The Washington Post utilized Disconnect's privacy intelligence platform into their investigative journalism framework to conduct in-depth analysis of third-party tracking technologies for multiple nationally-published investigations.

Challenge

Identifying and mapping the deployment patterns of sophisticated browser fingerprinting scripts across the web requires specialized forensic capabilities and proprietary technical infrastructure that exceed the resources available to traditional newsrooms and research teams. Building these capabilities through internal development or external consulting engagements would require substantial time and financial investment while delivering incomplete or inconsistent results.

Solution

Our proprietary automated analysis pipeline delivers comprehensive, forensically-sound intelligence on web asset deployment patterns across the digital ecosystem. The platform provides research teams with institutional-grade data and real-time monitoring capabilities for fingerprinting scripts and other tracking technologies deployed across websites, mobile applications, and digital communication channels.

Result

Our analysis provided the evidentiary foundation for an investigative report published nationally in The Washington Post, demonstrating the platform's capacity to deliver publication-quality intelligence and breakthrough insights into the prevalence and sophistication of browser fingerprinting technologies.