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by xnx 530 days ago
Wouldn't Safari on iOS put your browser in a crowd with millions of other people?
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jqpabc123 530 days ago
No --- because fingerprinting techniques can detect subtle manufacturing differences in the underlying hardware.

Even identical models of iPhone have minor variations in hardware and configuration and will produce different fingerprints.

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Hizonner 530 days ago
No. Not unless every other aspect of browser, many aspects of the computer, and many ways you can configure them were identical with every other user.

In fact, Safari narrows you way down all by itself.

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