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> What is it exactly? Fingerprinting involves looking at the many characteristics of your mobile device or computer, like the screen resolution, operating syste
by mirimir 7y ago
> What is it exactly? Fingerprinting involves looking at the many characteristics of your mobile device or computer, like the screen resolution, operating system and model, and triangulating this information to pinpoint and follow you as you browse the web and use apps. Once enough device characteristics are known, the theory goes, the data can be assembled into a profile that helps identify you the way a fingerprint would.
For real computers, you can just use VMs, and connect through VPNs. You can have as many as you like, limited only by RAM. Or use burner phones, if you must do mobile.
- tinus_hn 7y ago‘Just’ use burner phones. Like normal people.
- mirimir 7y agoMaybe normal people will need to use burner phones. If they don't want to be tracked, anyway. I mean, they're like $10 or whatever at Walmart. And family plans aren't that expensive. Do you honestly believe that tracking will become illegal in the US? Or even if technically illegal, effectively policed? As, for example. robocalling is?