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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023) by bee_rider on Thursday July 24, 2025 @09:42AM (#44670594)
It should be illegal, but we also need technical prevention of it, because the internet is global and goes through too many jurisdictions to really regulate.

Plus, fingerprinting tech would get developed for criminal organizations or intelligence agencies anyway.

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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023) by Szpadel on Thursday July 24, 2025 @10:33AM (#44671198)
there are some more or less legit causes for fingerprinting. like bot protection or to identifying scammers that just create another account when previous is banned.

whether this is justified is of course subjective

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Re:Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought (2023) by ryandrake on Thursday July 24, 2025 @02:52PM (#44674601)
Somewhat off topic, but I think calling something "more or less legit" is a form of justifying it.
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