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Panopticlick shows if you can be uniquely identified, but it doesn't show if you have been uniquely identified. I'd find it useful for the site to show me a rec
by qjz 16y ago
Panopticlick shows if you can be uniquely identified, but it doesn't show if you have been uniquely identified. I'd find it useful for the site to show me a record of my past visits ("You last visited the site on...") as a proof of concept, but the EFF may be intentionally avoiding any privacy issues. This is important, as uniqueness isn't in itself a bad thing, if your unique identifiers change on every page load. For example, it would be enough for a user agent switcher plugin to append a random number for every page load to make you look like a first-time visitor every time.