- From: David Remahl <david@remahl.se>
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 07:59:46 -0700
- To: Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com>
- Cc: "public-privacy (W3C mailing list)" <public-privacy@w3.org>
If the goal is to minimize fingerprinting, enabling the DNT header sounds particularly ill-advised! Given how rare it is, it'll stick out as a sore thumb, differentiating your print from everyone else's. / David On Apr 26, 2011, at 6:51, Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com> wrote: > FYI > > In Fingerprinting – WebKit > At https://trac.webkit.org/wiki/Fingerprinting > > This page describes the mechanisms WebKit offers to > ports and clients interested in reducing the ability > of websites to identify users and track their > behaviour without obtaining consent. > > > Use cases for fingerprinting include: > > * Sites attempting to identify users on devices > previously used for fraud > * Sites attempting to establish a unique visitor > count > * Advertising networks attempting to establish a > unique click-through count > * Advertising networks attempting to profile users > to increase ad relevance > * Sites attempting to profile the behaviour of > unregistered users > * Sites attempting to link the visits of users when > they are both registered and unregistered and > identify the user when visiting the site without > > > > -- > Karl Dubost - http://dev.opera.com/ > Developer Relations & Tools, Opera Software > >
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