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sure, if they ask you can we track you and you say no they should not fingerprint.
How would you ever find out/enforce this though? With cookies, you can examine the local cookie storage but with fingerprinting everything happens server-side (as I understand).
It happens client-side. Browser headers sent through for requests aren't enough for fingerprinting.
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?
This isn't exactly browser fingerprinting (though it may involve browser fingerprinting.) But the biggest open question I have right now is: what is Meta doing to get around Apple's iOS privacy protections? A couple of years ago, Apple launched App Tracking Transparency as a way to reduce tracking across their iOS app ecosystem. People predicted that this would be devastating for companies like Meta and Snap, and 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.
How does web fingerprinting work with things like iPhones, where many people have the same screen, browser, os version, etc?
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.
Or... You could read GDPR and realize that "cookie dialogs" were never about cookies: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44670345
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.
Seems almost impossible to police though.
Two questions jump to mind:
Why isn't this the default in Firefox?
What is the downside? I.e., what can break by enabling this parameter?
This isn't exactly browser fingerprinting (though it may involve browser fingerprinting.) But the biggest open question I have right now is: what is Meta doing to get around Apple's iOS privacy protections? A couple of years ago, Apple launched App Tracking Transparency as a way to reduce tracking across their iOS app ecosystem. People predicted that this would be devastating for companies like Meta and Snap, and it…
They found sneaky ways on Android. There is no way they aren't trying to do so on iOS. One must always assume malice with anything Meta.
This isn't exactly browser fingerprinting (though it may involve browser fingerprinting.) But the biggest open question I have right now is: what is Meta doing to get around Apple's iOS privacy protections? A couple of years ago, Apple launched App Tracking Transparency as a way to reduce tracking across their iOS app ecosystem. People predicted that this would be devastating for companies like Meta and Snap, and it…
probably just ignored them. Aren't those privacy protections basically you saying "pretty please don't track me?"