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Re:Google and Facebook are watching our every move online by 8ytecoder on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:01PM (#16275908)
Usually that's not a reliable way to identify a unique user. Given the prevalence of NAT, re-using IPs by ISPs with DHCP, and a host of other reasons. (That's not to say there aren't ways to fingerprint users across devices and browsers.)
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Re:Google and Facebook are watching our every move online by gaius on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:13PM (#16276033)
A service ISPs should offer as standard is regularly randomising your outbound IP from their pool for all but a whitelist you specify. So you can have a static IP for say you work firewall, but are harder to track otherwise
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Re:Google and Facebook are watching our every move online by ams6110 on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @01:40PM (#16276306)
Most ISPs are in bed with the advertisers and tracking. That's one reason I don't use my ISP's DNS.
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Re:Google and Facebook are watching our every move online by kasey_junk on Wednesday January 31, 2018 @02:17PM (#16276657)
Do you use googles?
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