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by chandraonline 4280 days ago
My guess would be some sort of fingerprinting in the browser like this: https://github.com/Valve/fingerprintjs
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jonahx 4280 days ago
are you saying that the app opens up a webview in the default browser, computes the fingerprint, then sends that info back to the server, which compares it to recent link clicks, possibly also taking into account other info like ip?
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chandraonline 4280 days ago
Yes. That is what I am guessing. If the app is opened close to the user's click, it might be fairly reliable. I think hasOffers and few of the other tracking companies do this. But I am sure branch has figured out a better way to fingerprint.
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jonahx 4280 days ago
I thought the IDFA could be used to do tracking like this, or am I misunderstanding something?

http://www.adexchanger.com/mobile/apple-throws-a-bone-to-app...

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maephet 4280 days ago
The IDFA has been blessed for this. All of our partners have been submitting their apps with that option checked without issue.
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pbreit 4280 days ago
Except: "browser fingerprinting is not good with mobile browsers"
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