• teyrnon@sh.itjust.works
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    6 hours ago

    Wait what? They don’t allow websites to use dark mode to prevent fingerprinting? I had firefox warn me Lowes was asking for my biometrics back in 2020 or so. Wtf? Are these websites grabbing my iris scans and fingerprints without me knowing it?

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      5 hours ago

      Fingerprinting refers to a technology which can identify you via multiple attributes without explicitly logging in. Like if you use a niche browser with dark mode on, preferred language lithuanian, keyboard layout russian and screen resolution full hd. Combined those and many attributes like installed plugins can be used to identify, and its called fingerprinting.