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Honest question here about the risk of being “unique”...: If my unique identifier changes with each browser version + os version + timezone + build id + fontpa
by proidgeree1 7y ago
Honest question here about the risk of being “unique”...:
If my unique identifier changes with each browser version + os version + timezone + build id + fontpack + screen size... am I really trackable through this vector? Those things change all the time for me at least. Seems like a very short term method of tracking at best. Why should we be afraid of these things? I had the same question about panopticlick (or whatever EFF called it).
- mobjack 7y agoFingerprinting has lots of flaws like you mentioned. Too many people have similar devices for it to be the primary way to track people. It is really a backup method of tracking that works some of the time based on a probabilistic match. Your IP address is also a big factor in finding a match.