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I have no doubt that if you had a record of my browsing habits for 2-3 days you could readily identify who I am the next time you have my browsing habits for th
by cthalupa 7y ago
I have no doubt that if you had a record of my browsing habits for 2-3 days you could readily identify who I am the next time you have my browsing habits for that period of time.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if 2-3 hours of active browsing was enough for this.
- msbarnett 7y agoYour device fingerprint alone is generally enough to tie your new google id to any previous ones.
- raxxorrax 7y agoWhich is also a typical example of privacy violations in the name of alleged security. Some newer linux kernels (>2016) use random tcp timestamps offsets to prevent clock skew profiling. That is a security feature, not the shit big tech is offering here. But of course the mechanisms in question are suddenly implemented for fraud protection instead of user security. Yeah, bullshit.