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Websites Are Tracking You Via Browser Fingerprinting

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Websites Are Tracking You Via Browser Fingerprinting

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

New research provides first evidence of the use of browser fingerprints for online tracking.

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Why is that even an option you can disable?
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  It is not the default because it can also break meaningful functionality.

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