A user can delete cookies but can't change the fingerprint reliably. Fingerprints also are easier to secretly share between multiple conspiring parties. Using c

A user can delete cookies but can't change the fingerprint reliably. Fingerprints also are easier to secretly share between multiple conspiring parties. Using cookies is a legitimate and more-or-less civilized practice, fingerprints are by definition meant to spy on users against their will. Why do we have cookie warnings but no fingerprinting warnings? Browser fingerprinting should be strictly outlawed for non-police use and require a court order. It's more like eavesdropping rather than like cookies.