youradhere@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoFingerprints are the new cookiesroyfish.devexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down13
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minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·19 days agoFingerprints have been ‘the new cookies’ for like 20 years, so I think it’s starting to stretch the definition of ‘new’.
minus-squareDevDave@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoI believe quantcast had a white paper tracking an entity across multiple IPs and devices from 2010. that’s around when I worked for stalker tech companies. Anonymity is an illusion and has been for a while.
Fingerprints have been ‘the new cookies’ for like 20 years, so I think it’s starting to stretch the definition of ‘new’.
I believe quantcast had a white paper tracking an entity across multiple IPs and devices from 2010. that’s around when I worked for stalker tech companies. Anonymity is an illusion and has been for a while.