From e17a88c291e060c7bffdb84c66ff4f51ef195c93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Martin Thomson Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2023 17:26:29 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Fingerprinting requires that attributes be aggregated (#274) Understanding that is important enough to include another sentence, I think. --- index.html | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index e6b6dfbb..7f221c5a 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -1178,7 +1178,9 @@ probably unique to the person. The attributes can be exposed as information about the [=person=]'s device -that is otherwise benign (as opposed to [[[#hl-sensitive-information]]]). +that on their own are benign (as opposed to [[[#hl-sensitive-information]]]). +Taken in the aggregate these attributes could uniquely identify the device, or +contribute to possible [=cross-context recognition=]. For example: * language and time zone;