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Add information about TLS tracking

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<p>
This page demonstrates how TLS can be abused to track users employing HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS).
</p>
<p>
This website uses a large number of subdomains named
bXXXX.tls-tracking.sauerburger.com where X represents an arbitrary digit.
The subdomains can be accessed via HTTP or HTTPS. If the browser requests
the secure connection, the server sets the HSTS policy. This means that
the
server tells the browser to remember that this subdomain should be
accessed only via HTTPS (not HTTP) in the future (usually for one year).
If the user enters the HTTP version, the browser automatically rewrites
the request from HTTP to HTTPS.
</p>
<p>
Every subdomain represents a single bit. It is either accessed via HTTP or
HTTPS. An arbitrary binary identifier can be encoded by accessing the
HTTPS version of the subdomains for those bits that are 1. In the future,
the same HTTP/HTTPS pattern for all subdomains makes it possible to
retrieve and decode the identifier.
<p>
<p>
This page lets you encode an arbitrary string into the HSTS storage of
your browser. To delete the HSTS storage and thus the string, you need to
clear (recent) browsing history.
</p>
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