Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-TALK] How do web servers identify visitor devices?

2023-02-26 Thread Russell Senior
eally want to get > clever > > > > they can match the MACs and see if any other machines on the local > network > > > > that they have fingerprints for are online. > > > > > > > > The entire hoo-ha over Intel putting serial numbers in it's CPU

Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-TALK] How do web servers identify visitor devices?

2023-02-26 Thread Ben Koenig
xperience can > > either add to it or refute it, usually it's just not that good. > > > > Ted > > > > -Original Message- > > From: PLUG [mailto:plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Ben > > Koenig > > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2023 1:19 PM > > To:

Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-TALK] How do web servers identify visitor devices?

2023-02-26 Thread Russell Senior
plug-boun...@lists.pdxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Ben > Koenig > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2023 1:19 PM > To: Portland Linux/Unix Group > Subject: Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-TALK] How do web servers identify visitor > devices? > > None of this is news. That entire blog post looks like it wri

Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-TALK] How do web servers identify visitor devices?

2023-02-26 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
, February 26, 2023 1:19 PM To: Portland Linux/Unix Group Subject: Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-TALK] How do web servers identify visitor devices? None of this is news. That entire blog post looks like it written to appeal to someone who spent the last 30 years not asking how the internet works then freaking

Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-TALK] How do web servers identify visitor devices?

2023-02-26 Thread Ben Koenig
rg] On Behalf Of Michael > Rasmussen > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2023 10:46 AM > To: Portland Linux/Unix Group p...@pdxlinux.org > > Subject: Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-TALK] How do web servers identify visitor devices? > > > > Fingerprint computes avail themselfs to a variety

Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-TALK] How do web servers identify visitor devices?

2023-02-26 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
] How do web servers identify visitor devices? Fingerprint computes avail themselfs to a variety of items that, taken together, come close to uniquely identifing your computer. From: https://clearcode.cc/blog/device-fingerprinting/#What-information-is-collected-to-create-a-device-fingerprint

Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-TALK] How do web servers identify visitor devices?

2023-02-25 Thread Michael Rasmussen
sorry, wrong Wikipedia link in my previous email. Use this one instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_fingerprint -- Michael Rasmussen Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity

Re: [PLUG] [PLUG-TALK] How do web servers identify visitor devices?

2023-02-25 Thread Michael Rasmussen
Fingerprint computes avail themselfs to a variety of items that, taken together, come close to uniquely identifing your computer. From: https://clearcode.cc/blog/device-fingerprinting/#What-information-is-collected-to-create-a-device-fingerprint They list: * IP address *