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New comment by royfish in "Fingerprints are the new cookies"

royfish — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:34:58 +0000

Right. What has changed about fingerprinting though is that since last year Google allows it in their ad products. And, unlike cookies, you can't just delete your fingerprint. The average internet user hasn't even heard about it, so we need to be vocal about it.

New comment by royfish in "Fingerprints are the new cookies"

royfish — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:02:12 +0000

I get "Noisy Axolotl" on latest MacOS version and default protection. I can see Mullvad is disabling the WebGL render and randomizing canvas output. The difference probably comes from some low entropy signals that Mullvad doesn't mask, so it's not literally same identity for everyone.

New comment by royfish in "Fingerprints are the new cookies"

royfish — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:33:30 +0000

I did want to add a counter and see how my script would perform in the wild! But that'd mean I have to store these fingerprints and that requires a bunch of formalities I don't want on my website.

Anyway, it's a simple script for the sake of demonstration. I'm sure you'll get a different hash on other browsers/devices.

New comment by royfish in "Fingerprints are the new cookies"

royfish — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 17:13:02 +0000

"Cookies are a way to track you. Fingerprinting is a way to detect fraud. They are completely different."

Fingerprints are the new cookies

royfish — Sun, 11 Oct 2026 22:33:39 +0000

Article URL: https://royfish.dev/fingerprints-are-the-new-cookies

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50048642

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