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Isn't fingerprinting covered by GDPR in a similar way to how cookies are? So in theory you should be able to opt out, at least as an EU user.
sure, if they ask you can we track you and you say no they should not fingerprint.
Isn't fingerprinting covered by GDPR in a similar way to how cookies are? So in theory you should be able to opt out, at least as an EU user.
Cookie banners were never about cookies or privacy. The industry designed them with some very explicit goals in mind: to force users to opt-in to pervasive tracking, and to blame "how unusable web has become" on GDPR
Using the same IP address, isn't he?
Using the same IP address, isn't he?
Browser fingerprinting is one of those things that should be outright illegal - it is far more of a threat than tracking cookies ever were. But it hasn't permeated the public consciousness like cookies have, so regulators seem to ignore it.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
sure, if they ask you can we track you and you say no they should not fingerprint.
EU (or whoever) could mandate a switch in the browser, when turned on, all identifying apis are disabled. But the IP is still the same, so..
Guess which company is coincidentally is the world's largest advertiser, largest ad broker, largest data tracker and owns world's most popular browser?
I just tried this with the Firefox setting recommended in the article, with and without a VPN, and it still recognised me. Any other tips?
Browser fingerprinting is one of those things that should be outright illegal - it is far more of a threat than tracking cookies ever were. But it hasn't permeated the public consciousness like cookies have, so regulators seem to ignore it.
Browser fingerprinting is one of those things that should be outright illegal - it is far more of a threat than tracking cookies ever were. But it hasn't permeated the public consciousness like cookies have, so regulators seem to ignore it.