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warkdarrioryesterday at 6:18 PM1 replyview on HN

> Trying to make a browser accessing your timezone sound nefarious isn't going to convince anyone of anything.

But I am the only person in this timezone in the world. It uniquely identified me!


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AlecSchueleryesterday at 7:57 PM

The claim was that a site could "infer when you sleep, when you work, and when you browse because you cannot sleep." Is that not true? I know that the timing of my HN comments tells a pretty clear story about my schedule having recently looked at a histogram.