Browser Enhancer Detection by Employers and Insurance Companies

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 446 I. THE CURRENT TECHNOLOGY AND DETECTION ......................... 450 A. Current Technology ............................................................ 450 1. Add-ons, Plug-ins, Extensions, and Apps ..................... 450 2. Accessibility Programs ................................................. 451 a. Browser Enhancers or Stand-Alone Programs? ..... 452 b. Browser Enhancers Commonly Used by People with Disabilities ...................................................... 454 3. Identifying Technology Derived from Protective Technology ................................................................... 454 a. The Original Protective Technology ...................... 454 b. Transformation to Identifying Disabilities ............. 455 c. The Panopticlick Experiment ................................. 458 B. Threats: The Likelihood of Detection ................................. 459 1. Can an Employer or Insurance Company Detect Browser Enhancers? ...................................................... 460 2. Pre-Employment Discovery of a Disability Browser Enhancer ....................................................................... 462 a. Why Would a Potential Employer Care About Browser Enhancers? ............................................... 462 b. Could a Potential Employer Really Pull Off Browser Enhancer Detection? ................................ 464 c. If the Most the Potential Employer Can Learn is X, is there an Easier Way to Learn X? ................... 465 3. Current Employer Discovering a Disability Browser Enhancer ....................................................................... 466 a. Why Would a Current Employer Care About