youradhere@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoFingerprints are the new cookiesroyfish.devexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down12
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minus-squarepulsewidth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·3 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-up5·3 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.