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What is the use case for these fingerprints when adhering to the GDPR? You can't store them in a DB and use them to target your returning anonymous visitor with
by alkonaut 4y ago
What is the use case for these fingerprints when adhering to the GDPR? You can't store them in a DB and use them to target your returning anonymous visitor with products relevant to their last visit. You can't send them to a third party ad service to get more relevant ads. Isn't the whole point of the fingerprint to maintain an pseudonym for your users over some time window? But that requires storing them which would be against the GDPR?
- charcircuit 4y agoTo prevent spam. If someone is spamming your site how do you tell if a request is coming from a legitimate user or if it is coming from the spammer. Fingerprints are how you can tell the two apart.
- alkonaut 4y agoI thouht that was most commonly dealth with with a first party cookie. I.e. show the captcha to anyone who doesn't have the cookie. At least that's how it feels when you browse incognito.
- charcircuit 4y agoWhat happens if they solve the captcha? If a captcha service costs $0.02 per 1000 captchas that means they can post. That means it costs $10 to post a spam message every minute for an entire year if they get banned after every post. If you want to annoy some site owner that would be an easy way to do so.
- darefalcon 4y agoAgree - cross site tracking of devices without consent is going the way of the dodos. With respect to fraud prevention, being able to analyse device signatures along with identity and behavior on a per-site basis is the only reason we are enable to enjoy what’s left of the ‘open web’