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		rubidium on May 6, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Browser Fingerprinting: A Survey Just to be clear, the only reason to do this is fingerprinting, correct?

dillondoyle on May 6, 2019 [–]

which has legitimate use cases in fraud detection and login security (eg recaptcha)

mindslight on May 7, 2019 | [–]

It's a bit of a stretch to cast those as "legitimate use". A security vulnerability is a security vulnerability, regardless of who exploits it.

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