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Supercookie: Browser Fingerprinting via Favicon (2021)

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357 points vxvrs | 2 comments | 16 Nov 25 19:39 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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benob ◴[17 Nov 25 07:15 UTC] No.45951465[source]▶
Why doesn't this apply to any kind of cached content?
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1. cholindo ◴[17 Nov 25 07:54 UTC] No.45951649[source]▶
I guess that you can do fingerprinting with any cached content, but the insane persistency of favicon's cache makes this much more concerning.
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2. benob ◴[17 Nov 25 13:59 UTC] No.45953595[source]▶
If caching is bounded in time, can't you use other fingerprinting methods to seal the gaps?