alt Hacker NewsFingerprinting is a way to track you. Cookies is a way for you to keep your own configuration (a panel inside an app open or closed, theme choice, pre-filled calendar, etc). They are completely different.
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royfish • today at 5:13 PM
"Cookies are a way to track you. Fingerprinting is a way to detect fraud. They are completely different."
Cookies are also used to track you. And I’d guess way more cookies are for tracking than personalization.