{"id":6458,"date":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/?p=6458"},"modified":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T14:47:43","slug":"browser-fingerprint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/royadata.io\/blog\/browser-fingerprint\/","title":{"rendered":"What is my browser fingerprint \u2013 Am I Unique?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Am I Unique Online? Tracking Not just IP address and cookie But browser fingerprint!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Wondering what browser fingerprinting is and what it is used for? As a privacy concerned individual, you should know, In the past, cookies<\/strong><\/a> and IP Addresses<\/strong><\/a> were the two major ways in which websites identify users and track their behaviors online. As time passes by, privacy concerned individuals started looking for ways to hide their IP Addresses<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As for cookies, you can prevent a website from storing it on your browser. With these practices, websites began losing grip of their users\u2019 information and as such, they turned to use the information provided by browsers by default, to enable websites to be responsive and appear differently to users based on their individual browsers and their settings \u2013 this information provides the bases for Browser Fingerprinting.<\/p>\n\n

<\/span>What is a Browser Fingerprint?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

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A Browser Fingerprint is a set of browser attributes and devices information accessible from the browser that can be used for identifying unique browsers. While it sounds like it is used for identifying browsers, the uniqueness it provides makes it a technique for partially identifying individuals online \u2013 depending on how unique your system and browser attributes and settings are; it can be used for fully identifying not just your browser but also you online.<\/p>\n

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Browser Fingerprinting exploits the information that must be provided for a better web experience to get these attributes. This is seen as an invasion of privacy as you can actually be tracked and identified if the Browser Fingerprint computed for you is unique.<\/p>\n

However, Browser Fingerprints becomes useless when a browser is not unique; that is when it shares the same sets of settings and attributes known as the fingerprint with other browsers. It makes use of the underlying reason for collecting human fingerprints \u2013 for analysis purposes. But what it analyzes becomes the reason for concern.<\/p>\n\n

<\/span>How Unique is a Browser?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

The question above usually pops up in the minds of many the first time they hear of the term Browser Fingerprints and what they are used for. The information collected seems fragmented and generic, providing no real information about you.<\/p>\n

How then can such be used to partially or fully identify an individual online? For tiny bits of information about your browser to be used as a means of identification, it has to be unique. How unique are these tiny bits of information collected?<\/p>\n

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