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What is the new cool boy of the tracking systems?
This is pretty scary. A cross-app method that uses manufacturing imperfections in RAM.
But that would be illegal (at least in Europe), as user must agrees om being tracked
The enshittification will continue and you will like it - tech company attitudes
Wow, first I've seen of this. Pretty scary.
This is very sick source! thank you..
Damn. Does using a VM affect this process?
cookies are just a tiny fraction of the whole picture of fingerprint process. The ad companies use your browser agent, IP address, cookies, Canvas, timezone screen size and many others pieces to create a unique identifier that match almost exclusively to you. It's pretty scary. But the new cool boy of course will be WEI.