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Asking For A Friend: "Can't we just use VPNs to stop services from tracking us?" (lemmy.world)
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[-] randombullet@programming.dev 17 points 9 months ago

Have them visit this site without a VPN.

https://amiunique.org/fingerprint

Then use a VPN and visit it again.

You are trackable regardless of your proxy just by your web browser metadata.

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