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[Rick Welykochy]

Jan Whitaker wrote:

> Note the minor change. So what is really going on with this thing?

Other browsers entered into the test page while you configured
and retested, perhaps. I'm sure the numbers are changing all the
time.

I would be very concerned if this kind of fingerprinting were
admissible as evidence in a court of law to uniquely ID a specific
machine. Although, perhaps the approach that could be taken is
one of "within these bounds of probability, ..."


cheers
rickw


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