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Even if there's no unique ID, if you've installed a lot of plugins this combination can uniquely identify you. If you query addon updates daily, they could asso
by kpcyrd 12y ago
Even if there's no unique ID, if you've installed a lot of plugins this combination can uniquely identify you. If you query addon updates daily, they could associate your IP of the day with your "I have installed these addons"-fingerprint.
A debian style update mechanism could solve this, but this would be really bandwidth expensive.
- hackuser 12y ago> Even if there's no unique ID, if you've installed a lot of plugins this combination can uniquely identify you This is a good thing to remember, but I'm not sure it undermines the parent's point. No matter what security you use for anything, you always are exposed to another threat; that doesn't make all security useless. The value of security is to make attacks more difficult.