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The article picks Fathom fingerprinting but there are differences. Other services like Plausible also include time element. So to plausible every day you are so
by omnimus 2y ago
The article picks Fathom fingerprinting but there are differences. Other services like Plausible also include time element. So to plausible every day you are someone else. Unlike Fathom, Plausible cannot track unique visitors per month. Fathom is pretty sneaky here and its not surprising because they have been pretty sketchy in past.
EU law is very much based on interpretation and “spirit” of the law and Plausible lawyers just think its enough to not be able track individuals but track overall flows of masses.
- t0mas88 2y agoMost of these "cookie free" analytics vendors keep talking about how cleverly they have anonymised the data, but this article finally gets it right: That does not matter for cookie popups. Anonymisation is only relevant to GDPR, but you still need cookie banners under the ePrivacy directive.
- arp242 2y ago> you still need cookie banners under the ePrivacy directive Only if you store data in the browsing (using cookies, localStorage, or any other technical means), no?
- SpikeMeister 2y agoThe article claims that loading JavaScript that sends back information comes under the ePDs definition of accessing stored data: > So sending out JavaScript code that instructs the terminal equipment to send back information is… accessing the information.