Re:Europe is in danger of regulating its tech market out of ...
by scarface_74 on Sunday July 28, 2024 @06:12PM
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There is also a battery status API for web apps
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Battery_Sta...
Web audio api
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Audio_A...
Full apps on the other hand have many more ways to fingerprint users which aren’t as well known, such as “your free storage, your current volume level (to 3 decimal points) and even your battery level (to 15 decimal points)”. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/09/23/iphone-...)
Is one conclusively better than the other? I’m not sure, but web tracking and fingerprinting is still much more studied and users have more countermeasures, including using a different device where the user has more control.