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by test1235 3279 days ago
I think browser fingerprints are quite a reliable way of tracking.

https://amiunique.org/fp
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tinus_hn 3279 days ago
Sure, 'quite reliable' beats 'unique' every time!
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braythwayt 3279 days ago
Unique becomes unreliable the moment users delete their cookies.
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tinus_hn 3277 days ago
Which they of course do much more often than change one of the finicky parameters that constitute these unique fingerprints (which in reality tend to not be unique to begin with)
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tyingq 3279 days ago
You can get unique through things other than cookies. Like abusing ETAGS/If-Modified-Since.
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