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Of course. There's data where there isn't data.

-make client load something

-client doesn't load it

-add.fingerprint.point(client,'doesnltloadthings',1)

-detect if client does something only a certain browser does

-client does it

-add.fingerprint.point(client,'doesthisbrowsderthing',1)

-window was resized/moved, send a websocket snitch to the backend

- keep a consistent web socket open, or fetch a backend-api call for updates on X events - more calls are made, means user is probably scrolling, inject more things/different things.

I see some js obfuscators out there where I look at the js file and it's all mumbo jumbo.

It is indeed a privacy nightmare, where whatever we do feeds the algorithms to aide in making other people do things.

But it's also used in network security, organizations etc. Staff/employees will use the system a certain way, if something enters it without the behaviors, it's detectable. I assume that's what you mean in anti-fraud.

Sad part is we don't know what the data is ever used for, and it's often bought and sold and the cycle repeats.



In the end all this shit we have to deal with is probably 99% used for deciding which ads to show you, which we are gonna block anyway, and it's all a complete and utter waste of computing power and electricity. This is how big tech "makes the world a better place" apparently.




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