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All this does is cause advertisers to look at more advances mechanisms to track users and make it 'mainstream' -- like browser fingerprinting. These are also no
by propogandist 7y ago
All this does is cause advertisers to look at more advances mechanisms to track users and make it 'mainstream' -- like browser fingerprinting. These are also not explictly governed by existing legislation, so they can also worry about things like cookie laws and there's little to no defense.
- icxa 7y agoSpeaking from experience, Safari seems to be very good at defeating current fingerprinting techniques
- baroffoos 7y agoFirefox has a setting you can enable to resist fingerprinting. It must do something because every anti abuse measure on the internet flags you as a bot once you turn it on.
- deadbunny 7y agoSo the usual arms race between people and advertisers?
- chopin 7y agoWithin the GDPR realm fingerprinting has exactly the same legal implications as (third-party) cookies have.