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		allthetime 8 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem t... What does "try to beat this" mean? I just opened it in another browser and got another ID. Did I win? For some reason using Microsoft Edge is deemed suspicious.

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SmirkingRevenge 8 days ago [–]

Fingerprinting generally tries to identify a unique browser, so a new browser will get a new identifier.

But depending on the data tied to the fingerprints, identifiers can be linked together.

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