2 ms·

So you turn it off, and half the web stops working for you because websites don't want to serve you content unless their ad networks receive your unique hardwar

So you turn it off, and half the web stops working for you because websites don't want to serve you content unless their ad networks receive your unique hardware id from some mandatory hardware TPM? Then, since a TPM is effectively mandatory once the web can't be used without it, all media content can be DRM'd with less customer push-back. I get that the web is a mess, but is this the best idea anyone can come up with to fix it? And does this actually fix it?

manigandham 10y ago
It's just a UUID number. Private browsing mode just generates a new UUID for that session by that browser. Otherwise use the default system UUID. And at any time, you can reset that default system UUID. Easy and seamless. Why turn it off? If you do, then the networks would just generate their own ID numbers and we're back to the same scenario as today. There's nothing technically wrong with not using it but having a stable API to program against helps a lot and is the main reason this would improve the web. Android and iOS get somewhat close to this, although both are broken and unfinished. I'm not sure why this requires any hardware TPM or DRM though.