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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by rvnx on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @02:12PM (#22239704)
They have more than 13 bits of entropy

https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/components/metrics/entr...

Look how the function is called, high-entropy source :)

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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by AsyncAwait on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @05:55PM (#22242008)
But if you disable telemetry, they'll only have 13?
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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by ajsnigrutin on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @09:03AM (#22246748)
+ip +browser version +some os info +fonts info +screen resolution (well.. viewport size) + + +
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