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valve1yesterday at 7:29 PM4 repliesview on HN

We don't use vulnerabilities in our products.


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mtlynchyesterday at 7:37 PM

I don't understand what you mean. What separates this from other fingerprinting techniques your company monetizes?

No software wants to be fingerprinted. If it did, it would offer an API with a stable identifier. All fingerprinting is exploiting unintended behavior of the target software or hardware.

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NoahZunigayesterday at 8:22 PM

The real reason is that fingerprint.com's selling point is tracking over longer periods (months, their website claims), and this doesn't help them with that.

stackghostyesterday at 11:52 PM

All fingerprinting is a vulnerability, unless the client opts-in.

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lyu07282yesterday at 7:35 PM

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