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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by rvnx on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @04:48PM (#22241371)
https://cs.chromium.org/chromium/src/components/google/core/...

Just thinking out loud.

What happens, let's say, if someone malicious buys youtube.vg and puts a SSL certificate on it ? Will they be able to collect the ID ?

I guess so ?

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Re:Google tracks individual users per Chrome installation ID by gdm85 on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @05:29PM (#22241774)
Yes, but they would also need a valid TLS certificate?

A country's government could also take over the TLD and grab its traffic overnight.

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