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How make fingerprint same in different browser? #10

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12th opened this issue Mar 17, 2015 · 6 comments
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How make fingerprint same in different browser? #10

12th opened this issue Mar 17, 2015 · 6 comments

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@12th
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12th commented Mar 17, 2015

Hello.
Is it possible to do something that the fingerprint was the same in different browsers?
Because these settings do not help:

var fp = new Fingerprint2({excludeUserAgent: true});

@mfurlend
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I can answer that for you: no. The only information that the plugin draws from is browser-specific.

@12th
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12th commented Mar 17, 2015

Also anonymous Chrome window (41.0.2272.89) creates a new fingerprint hash.

@brentpayne
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I got the followup, yes it does and would b/c it is only capturing incognito plugins and not all plugins. Fingerprint works similarly to cookies without requiring a cookie. While this is an oversimplification, lets run with it. Tracking cookies are different based on browser, machine, and privacy mode, so it is a reasonable expectation that fingerprints would be as well. If you need cross-browser and cross privacy tracking of people ask them to sign in or download your plugin (which I bet they won't b/c you are doing something shady).

@Valve
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Valve commented Mar 18, 2015

Yes, this library is called 'browser fingerprint', not identity fingerprint or person fingerprint, so it's not possible. You can try making the sign-up/sign-in process as easy as possible to have most of your users authenticated, but besides that, I don't think much is possible.

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@maman8
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maman8 commented Jun 1, 2017

Then how this website done it?
Its fingerprint for cross browser. Try to change any browser. It will almost identify you

https://fingerprint.pet-portal.eu

@mfurlend
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mfurlend commented Jun 5, 2017

@maman8 I tried your link in Chrome and Safari, and got different fingerprints. However, I did get the same fingerprint in Chrome regular, incognito, and canary windows. I am guessing that they use your IP address - that is why it sometimes works across browsers.

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