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user-inactivated  ·  3783 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The creepiest Internet tracking tool yet is ‘virtually impossible’ to block

    Do these people read other tech articles?

Mmm, yeah, no. I mean why would they when they have people like you! Rather push some numbers than being 100% accurate.





am_Unition  ·  3783 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sorry that I offended you... Chris Smith?

    push some numbers

Wanna buy some numbers, kid?

user-inactivated  ·  3782 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No, sorry, I think I came across wrong. I'm with you on how easy it is to work around this type of tracker, I posted the article more to showcase this type of tracker (since I haven't heard of it before) than to point out the authors inaccuracies. Hence my short description on it being sensationalist.

am_Unition  ·  3782 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ahh, alright, that's fair.

To be sure, the "fingerprinting method" is worth knowing about, but you're spot on about the sensationalism.

Cheers!