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Browser fingerprinting is replacing cookies for tracking
Original: Fingerprints are the new cookies
A new essay by developer Roy Fish argues that browser fingerprinting has effectively replaced cookies as the web's dominant tracking method. The piece contends that fingerprinting techniques are harder to detect and block than traditional cookies, since they rely on device and browser characteristics rather than stored files. Readers are debating the technical details and the implications for online privacy.
Why now: Growing concern over privacy and the decline of cookie-based tracking has renewed attention on fingerprinting techniques.
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Evidence
- Fingerprints Are the New Cookies · royfish · 675
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