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[-] Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago

While yeah, most of the stuff is "just how the web works", it's still true that the collection of these values can be used (and is being used) as a reliable fingerprint for your exact browser.

This website does a much better job at informing the user of this situation: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

this post was submitted on 08 May 2026
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