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0 pointssuprjami3y ago0 comments

The likelihood that you have the same hash as other people is exceedingly small.

So if I fingerprint you on a site which is using my commercial fingerprint service, then I can sell your hash to other places and tell them all about your browsing habits. The more places run my fingerprinting service, the more data I can collect on you.

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momentoftop3y ago

I understand the principle. I'm saying that the test on this page isn't demonstrating uniqueness, and so isn't demonstrating fingerprinting.

The first time I heard about fingerprinting was with EFF's panoptoclick, which stated how many hashes had been generated from visitors, and how many you shared with them.

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