Overall, canvas-fingerprinting code was present on 5% of the 100,000 most popular sites in 2014. The 2014 study drew worldwide attention and media coverage, triggering a privacy backlash.

Code referring to Kevin paints the upcoming Chromebook as a 360 degree convertible device, which opens it up for multiple methods of implementation for the fingerprint scanner, if there will be one.

The coding in it for fingerprinting can include words or icons that never show up on your screen, letting websites track minute differences in how each device responds.

The image is automatically analyzed by selecting the only fingerprint which is then converted into code using some sophisticated pattern-matching software.