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Re:Browser Fingerprinting: A Survey by rubidium on Monday May 06, 2019 @12:34PM (#19841021)
Just to be clear, the only reason to do this is fingerprinting, correct?
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Re:Browser Fingerprinting: A Survey by dillondoyle on Monday May 06, 2019 @05:09PM (#19843902)
which has legitimate use cases in fraud detection and login security (eg recaptcha)
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Re:Browser Fingerprinting: A Survey by mindslight on Monday May 06, 2019 @09:02PM (#19845487)
It's a bit of a stretch to cast those as "legitimate use". A security vulnerability is a security vulnerability, regardless of who exploits it.
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