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Fingerprints are the new cookies
royfish.dev/fingerprints-are-the-new-cookies
Replying to @youradhere@feddit.org
I get a new name on each reload, because I use an addon that prevents exactly that.
Replying to @NoXPhasma@lemmy.world
But note this paragraph in the article:
The ironic truth is, privacy extensions make you more unique, since fewer people have them. So a smart tracker could detect that, ignore the signals disrupted by the extension and focus on the ones that are not.
The tracking mechanisms that this article uses are not the only ones available to actual bad actors.
If adoption spreads, that would no longer be true. So, instead of providing reasons not to use these types of measures, you’re just confirming that it’s the right path.