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    Quote Originally Posted by Aquagraph View Post
    Fingerprint was mentioned. It's important to understand what it is. Fingerprint is the recognizable (to third parties) online behavior you engage in. You can test the uniqueness of your activity in here.

    Fingerprint is also the unique set of sub features such as browser agent that identifies what browser you're using, and the list of fonts it is capable of supporting. This list of features, and others, can be queried by an outside server to determine a unique signature for your personal browser.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eldanen View Post
    Fingerprint is also the unique set of sub features such as browser agent that identifies what browser you're using, and the list of fonts it is capable of supporting. This list of features, and others, can be queried by an outside server to determine a unique signature for your personal browser.
    way to answer a post from 9 years ago in a completely different thread

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