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I'm assuming you're referring to browser fingerprinting. If you want to know how unique you are you can check EFF's Panopticlick https://panopticlick.eff.org/
by brad0 9y ago
I'm assuming you're referring to browser fingerprinting.
If you want to know how unique you are you can check EFF's Panopticlick https://panopticlick.eff.org/ https://panopticlick.eff.org/
Next question: How does anyone guard against this? My canvas fingerprint is 12 bits of identifying info even though I have what I would consider to be a fairly common MacBook Pro. Between this and my WebGL fingerprint (11 bits) I'm most likely uniquely identifiable.
- brudgers 9y agoIP addresses probably have three or four bits of entropy at best: home, work, mobile, school, a few free wifi locations. Browser fingerprinting is an alternative when the data isn't already available. I just riffed on it as an example of the asymmetry of the information conflict between individual and organizations armed with many many data centers.