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Browser profiling has been a thing for at least a decade if I'm not mistaken.
by bongodongobob 2y ago
Browser profiling has been a thing for at least a decade if I'm not mistaken.
- jrockway 2y agoMakes sense. "I am session abcdef12345" always seemed significantly guaranteed to me, but in a world with ad blockers and third-party cookie restrictions, using heuristics is the only way forward. It's somewhat scary how much information our browsers leak to unknown parties. (I don't really take sides on this. I use an ad blocker and am very anti-ad, but am impressed when ad companies come up with tech to thwart them. The cat-and-mouse game is entertaining to read about.)
- pas 2y agoit's more than enough. especially that the competition is also only using the same tech