Websites tracking users via 'device fingerprinting' - report

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European researchers have discovered an increasing number of websites tracking users without their knowledge using 'device fingerprinting'

Websites are increasingly tracking users without their knowledge or permission by using "device fingerprinting" to identify individual web users. Device fingerprinting uses the data sent by a PC...

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