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To be fair, "whatever the browser gives up" more than enough to reliably identify people.
by infogulch 9y ago
To be fair, "whatever the browser gives up" more than enough to reliably identify people.
- js2 9y agoI work at Yahoo (er, Verizon). We absolutely do not correlate logged-in and logged-out data. I am going to assume the same for Google. Regardless, based on things like OS and IP, I understand how you could infer, say, an income range from that, but how precise could it be? But even assuming google/pornhub has identified me based on my browser fingerprint, how do they know my income level? I've never given that info to Google, nor filled it out on any surveys, warranty cards, etc that I can recall. Maybe I'm not typical and people freely give up this information?
- MaulingMonkey 9y ago> Regardless, based on things like OS and IP, I understand how you could infer, say, an income range from that, but how precise could it be? A simple geoip query is pretty accurate when it comes to placing my neighborhood, which is already a fairly big indicator of income level I believe. And all the laptop advertisements google is showing me because I looked up my laptop recently show they know plenty enough about my shopping habits to make some fairly accurate guesses about my demographics, I'd wager.