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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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