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Re:Clang runs in the browser and compiles C++ to WebAssembly by proaralyst on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @04:15AM (#16050833)
Unfortunately techniques like browser fingerprinting[0] still work in private browsing and can be used to link your private browsing to your normal browsing.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_fingerprint

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Re:Clang runs in the browser and compiles C++ to WebAssembly by geocar on Tuesday January 02, 2018 @07:45AM (#16051531)
Can, but usually aren’t. Advertisers aren’t interested in advertising to you unless it’ll “work” (in terms of sales, clicks, or whatever the KPI is). If I think you want to not see my ad, I don’t want to buy your eyeballs.

My own experiments with GL and the timing-based methods is that they just don’t work well (compared to say, cookies) when delivered via an advertisement. Plugins and fonts work very poorly as well, lately.

I don’t think anyone is using these methods to target advertising, and state-level actors don’t have to (they just bug your ISP).

Who are you trying to protect against?

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