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0 pointstest12358y ago0 comments

I think browser fingerprints are quite a reliable way of tracking.

https://amiunique.org/fp

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tinus_hn8y ago

Sure, 'quite reliable' beats 'unique' every time!

braythwayt8y ago

Unique becomes unreliable the moment users delete their cookies.

tinus_hn8y ago

Which they of course do much more often than change one of the finicky parameters that constitute these unique fingerprints (which in reality tend to not be unique to begin with)

tyingq8y ago

You can get unique through things other than cookies. Like abusing ETAGS/If-Modified-Since.

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tinus_hn8y ago

Sure, 'quite reliable' beats 'unique' every time!

braythwayt8y ago

Unique becomes unreliable the moment users delete their cookies.

tinus_hn8y ago

Which they of course do much more often than change one of the finicky parameters that constitute these unique fingerprints (which in reality tend to not be unique to begin with)

tyingq8y ago

You can get unique through things other than cookies. Like abusing ETAGS/If-Modified-Since.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse