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Researchers say they can spy on your browsing by measuring SSD activity through a browser API
(www.tomshardware.com)
this post was submitted on 28 May 2026
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The paper also mentions that it also takes downloading a 1GB OFPS file and JS in use.
This isn't so much "researchers can track you" so much as "it's theocratically possible with stock laptops and browsers, within limitations."
And even in the ideal case, not very effective.
Interesting approach, but that's about it.