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Re:Bot or Human? Creating the Invisible Turing Test for the ... by imiric on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @05:46PM (#44382103)
Kind of. A fingerprint is an implicit ID, whereas the ID suggested by GP would be semi-permanently associated to an individual. So it would make tracking even easier, since most web sites outside of adtech don't bother with sophisticated fingerprinting. It would be similar to a tracking cookie, except the user would have no control over it.
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Re:Bot or Human? Creating the Invisible Turing Test for the ... by Dylan16807 on Wednesday June 25, 2025 @06:07PM (#44382237)
> the ID suggested by GP would be semi-permanently associated to an individual

There is a permanent ID, but it doesn't have to be told to the site.

In which case it doesn't make tracking any easier than the site making up a "fake" ID for you.

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