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Tracking still mainly relies on unique identifiers on cookies and mobile apps.

The main thing I see fingerprinting used for is tracking users between mobile apps and websites. That mainly relies on IP addresses.

The best way to track users is just to ask for information. Ask for a users email address to log in and you have a simple means to track a user across devices.




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