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Just a few weeks ago, I had multiple of my 15 year accounts permanently suspended from reddit, for no apparent reason*, with no recourse. A few days later I tri
by oh_sigh 5y ago
Just a few weeks ago, I had multiple of my 15 year accounts permanently suspended from reddit, for no apparent reason*, with no recourse. A few days later I tried to create an account, and it was immediately permanently suspended as well.
Then, I cleared all of my cookies/autofill/local storage data, connected to my phone's hotspot (which I had never done before), and made another account, and it still got banned shortly thereafter. I have to guess this is why they are fingerprinting.
* They said it was for ban evasion, but I wasn't banned anywhere as far as I knew. The only thing I can guess is that their systems grouped my accounts with someone else's accounts(maybe we connected via the same coffee shop hotspot at one point, or something), they got banned, and then it looked like they were evading the ban with my accounts.
- akomtu 5y agoSame IP + same User-Agent already tells with high confidence that it's the same user. And that's without JS.
- dylan604 5y agoSame IP + same User-Agent is not unique at all. I know nothing about big data unique identification of visitors, but I do know that much.
- jeromegv 5y agoPhone hotspot would have been a different IP.
- tinus_hn 5y agoOr it's two people in the same McDonalds with an up-to-date iPhone. Not exceptional at all.