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Re:Please stop using CDNs for external JavaScript libraries by adrianN on Monday October 12, 2020 @08:23AM (#24753670)
You only need ~30 bits of information to uniquely fingerprint someone.
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Re:Please stop using CDNs for external JavaScript libraries by angrais on Monday October 12, 2020 @07:54PM (#24760871)
Could you explain this further?
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Re:Please stop using CDNs for external JavaScript libraries by adrianN on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @02:05AM (#24762721)
There are about 8 billion people. 33 bits is enough to give each one a unique number. A whole bunch of them doesn't have access to the Internet, so fewer than 33 bits are enough to identify someone on the Internet.
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