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Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by adhambadr on Saturday November 29, 2025 @05:51AM (#46086609)
Yet on the flip side, if I’m trying to auto identify my own phone for a login-less private app i tried to build I couldn’t get to reliably generate a consistent fingerprint on safari private mode, it regenerates 50% of the time, I’ve tried several libraries like fingerprintjs and co..
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Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by ffsm8 on Saturday November 29, 2025 @06:12AM (#46086693)
Isn't that what webauthn was made for?

Or did I misunderstand you?

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Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by zipping1549 on Saturday November 29, 2025 @06:06AM (#46086668)
How about mTLS?
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Re:Show HN: Explore what the browser exposes about you by mr-wendel on Saturday November 29, 2025 @12:42PM (#46089305)
Fwiw, I use Tailscale/wireguard and take care to ensure the source IP gets fed to apps properly. This makes it easy to guarantee I have a reliable way to identify myself on my webapps and auto-auth.
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