The entire point is that if it’s unique it can be considered a fingerprint — in fact the entire reason it’s called “fingerprint” is that in theory it’s unique like a real fingerprint.
If it’s common then it’s unreliable as a fingerprint because it’s no longer unique. Therefore whether it’s unique or not is the entire point and relevant to the topic.
I imagine it’s somewhere between what both of you are saying.
I imagine “randomized” means a random common “fingerprint” (with parameters like user agent, language, etc) rather than just a unique set of randomized parameters (say, time zone in US but language set to Farsi which would be unique to an extent).
From their domain that I’ve already blocked with DNS? Or are you talking about first-party scripts calling Google (which I’ve also seen though much more rare)?
Right, that’s why I mentioned all the blocking at the DNS and browser extension level — most fingerprinting is being done by third-parties — I generally don’t see first parties fingerprinting but if they do it’s likely a website I chose to be on rather than some shady <script> from God knows where.
I’m mostly into it for the strong typing, self-documenting nature of it. In my own GraphQL APIs I’ve done a pretty great job of avoiding common pitfalls.
I’m a Ruby on Rails developer currently developing a service that’s basically ripped out of another Ruby on Rails app and the legacy data is just crazy bad — a lot of it has to do with poor validation but it’s understandably easy to get to that point in a dynamic language like Ruby if you’re not careful.
I also manage a REST JSON:API and it’s just so bulky and horrible to deal with. The tooling is barely there and it’s way overly complicated compared to GraphQL — the concept of “only query what you need” is fantastic.
I’ve studied Spanish (I’m basically fluent), a bit of Japanese on my own in high school along with a bunch of random false starts in other languages like German (and a stint learning Esperanto).
It wasn’t until my 30’s when I started learning Mandarin that my brain was like “holy shit, this is different!”
I tend to prefer Asian languages because they make more sense to me — all the conjugating and irregularities in European languages just make me crazy.
My thinking is that most of the fingerprinting is happening by third parties, and where it’s the website operators themselves I’m not super concerned about being fingerprinted.
I’ve been blocking Facebook for years but I have to say as a developer I’m absolutely in love with GraphQL. I really can’t stand having to continue development on REST APIs (though I’m equally obsessed with Conditional GET Requests as of late).
I’m here with multi-hop VPN with the first two hops staying in-country and the rest all random + a shit load of DNS blocking lists and browser extensions + blocking Google. I use different VPN providers too. I’m also introducing variable delays to my traffic to make NetFilter data less helpful.
The good news is Marie Sharp’s hot sauces are also available (in the US at least). I’ll definitely be buying that brand even if I have to pay more.
By the way, the reason I discovered this is that I enjoy reading food companies’ origin stories because they’re usually pretty inspiring. Other businesses oftentimes seem to be started by those who are already wealthy but with foods it’s about skill and flavor.
I’m a Midwestern transplant to Los Angeles. Honestly? It’s fucking hard to return your cart in Los Angeles. While my past self would call anyone out returning their cart an asshole, I can’t anymore because 90% of stores here just refuse to put out any cart corrals.
I used to incredibly close. We could very comfortably — I’d almost say like friends except the fact they did actually parent and never allowed us to walk all over them.
It’s kind of sad now, I don’t talk to my parents often anymore. We live a few states apart.
This is exactly how I feel using anything made by Atlassian at work. Its UI is just awful and I can almost feel the JavaScript shitting all over my runtime environment.
You don’t need coding experience. You just need to find an OS that’s capable of running on the unique hardware — I personally use Alpine Linux. More broadly speaking it’s tricky to install on ARM but Raspberry Pi is pretty well supported.
My wife I walked around our area in Los Angeles this year and many areas were completely full of trick or treating. Strangely though some of the most expensive neighborhoods had zero Halloween decorations and no activity.
I know Japanese, Mandarin and Spanish (and used to play around in Esperanto). I always loved learning languages but it wasn’t until later in life living in Los Angeles and speaking/hearing Spanish daily and then traveling to Mexico with my wife (who’s from there) that I really started feeling the benefits.
Knowing another language really opens doors in so many ways even if sometimes it’s only in small “insignificant” ways.
The first time I felt California was home was walking into a convenience store and being greeted in Spanish and carrying on the conversation like it was nothing.
Traveling to Mexico and being able to converse and learn all about another culture while being completely immersed in it is a powerful experience.
I don’t feel superior or better than others but when I talk to my monolingual friends and family back home I do feel a bit sad that they can’t understand or take part in some of those experiences.
I think I’ve seen research supporting this but of course I can’t remember where.