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Wouldn't the act of timing a download mean that I download and pollute my cache with new assets from the site trying find where else I've been? Does this only w
by evilduck 6y ago
Wouldn't the act of timing a download mean that I download and pollute my cache with new assets from the site trying find where else I've been? Does this only work for the first site that tries to fingerprint a browser in this way?
- curryst 6y agoIs there a noCache option? Or can JS remove entries from the cache to reset it? Someone below mentioned doing requests for a large image that requires authentication. Short response time means the user isn't logged in (they got a 403), long response time means they downloaded the image and are logged in.