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Forget Chrome—Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 8 Weeks (www.forbes.com)

submitted 4 days ago by raqqed@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Google Starts Fingerprint-Tracking All Your Devices In 8 Weeks

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter if they detect you're on a VPN when that VPN is shared by tens of thousands or millions of others. Thats literally the point. It prevents fingerprinting by IP

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"User connects via VPN XYZ" is part of the fingerprint. It doesn't protect you from identifying you, instead it ads to the number of unique properties of your computer and connection, adding to the size of your fingerprint. Besides, a lot of VPNs and proxies add another header x-forwarded-for with your original IP. Source: I worked on multiple e-commerce platforms that use fingerprinting as part of their fraud protection. Also see https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/learn for a more detailed explanation.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 2 points 3 days ago

Of course it protects you. You can't use the internet without an IP address. The best IP address is one that's shared with as many people as possible. That's why people use VPNs.

Of course you get a fingerprint. The key is to have a fingerprint thats shared by as many people as possible.