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Re:Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to l... by codedokode on Sunday July 12, 2026 @06:02PM (#48885272)
Why don't you ask browser developers to stop adding features helping fingerprinting? Browsers even have some API for tracking ad clicks (attribution API or something) and user interests tracking API which nobody of the users needs.
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Re:Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to l... by joahnn_s on Sunday July 12, 2026 @06:07PM (#48885320)
The thing is that's not done on purpose and too hard to figure out how this has an impact underneath, if you read the v8 commit https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8/+/c1486295ae5bcb0f8f... it's on a complete good faith
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Re:Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to l... by userbinator on Sunday July 12, 2026 @06:24PM (#48885485)
With companies like these, "plausible deniability" is more likely.
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Re:Since Chromium 148, Math.tanh is now fingerprintable to l... by codedokode on Monday July 13, 2026 @01:12AM (#48888174)
But they added ad clicks tracking API ("Attribution Reporting API") and interests tracking API ("Topics API") into the browser which work behind user's back and against their interests.
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