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GPU fingerprinting can be used to track users online

31 January 2022 • 3 min read

DrawnApart technique uses GPU fingerprinting to track users online

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DrawnApart technique uses GPU fingerprinting to track users online

DrawnApart technique can distinguish between machines with identical hardware and software configurations

A team of researchers from French, Israeli and Australian universities have conducted a series of experiments that demonstrate that people on the web can be tracked using the unique fingerprints cr...

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