How Do Websites Detect Browser Fingerprints

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shuklarani621
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How Do Websites Detect Browser Fingerprints

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Cookies should be nothing strange to today’s internet users. Cookies are text files stored at your browser storage with small pieces of data, like a username and password.

Cookies can store a wide range of information, including personality identifiable information, such as your name, home address, email address, and preferred language. When you visit the web using a browser, websites can identify your computer according to the cookies they access.



How Do Websites Detect Browser Fingerprints



Similar to cookies, browser fingerprints are also used by austria number dataset to track the users. Websites collect unique browser fingerprints that can be traced back to the specific device.

By doing so, websites actually collect user data at the same time. Even if you clear cookies in the browser after visiting the web, the records of browser fingerprints can still be used by websites to continuously track you online.



How do browser fingerprints work?
Websites analyze JavaScript to gather browser fingerprints (such as UserAgent, time zone, screen size, resolution, font, plug-ins, etc), and create unique digital signatures based on the acquired information.

How Do Websites Detect Browser Fingerprints

Some websites use HTML5 canvas to process graphics. This is also a common method to gather detailed information of a specific device since the GPU of different computers render graphics in different ways.

How Do Websites Detect Browser Fingerprints

In AdsPower, you can easily change fingerprints, like UserAgent, time zone, and font size, as well as create multiple browser profiles to emulate multiple computers.
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