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>Google doesn't fingerprint browsers like other adtech networks do Citation needed :) I'm taking part in the Browser Fingerprinting Project that was on here r
by Daho0n 6y ago
>Google doesn't fingerprint browsers like other adtech networks do
Citation needed :)
I'm taking part in the Browser Fingerprinting Project that was on here recently[1] and the only browser that isn't marked in the test as trackable so far is Firefox[2]. They don't use cookies for the test so third-party cookie sandboxing or blocking is irrelevant. If Google doesn't use browser fingerprinting as you say then they really should fix Chrome.
1: https://browser-fingerprint.cs.fau.de https://browser-fingerprint.cs.fau.de
2: I test most mainstream browsers as I already had them installed on Windows and Android devices for testing.
- testesttest 6y agoGoogle definitely does browser fingerprinting. I have been running bots for years to collect pricing data. They check your gpu, bunch of stuff from navigator, etc. The only thing I have not seen them do is canvas fingerprinting.
- IX-103 6y agoThey claim they do not use fingerprinting for user identification for advertising. Some people would say that this is a weaker claim than not using fingerprinting. They have admitted to using those sorts of information for fraud detection to detect fake ad clicks, bulk account creation, or other malicious activity. I also suspect they do some clustering on this data to determine what accounts are related so if there is malicious behavior from a cluster of accounts that appear to be the same user they can act on the whole cluster. But there is no evidence that they use fingerprinting for targeting advertising.
- testesttest 6y agoFair, I have no evidence they use fingerprinting info for advertising. They definitely cluster fingerprints to block whole groups as does any decent antibot.
- woofie11 6y agoThey definitely do some form of fingerprinting for content optimization. After browsing in incognito, Youtube was sketchily on-topic. (esoteric science/technical topics which wouldn't come up by chance)