Kevin BooneThe privacy nightmare of browser fingerprintingI imagine that most people who take an interest in de-Googling are concerned about privacy. There’s more to do, and it’s getting harder to do it, because of browser fingerprinting. Not only can browsers mitigate their risks, there’s a far more sinister one: browser fingerprinting. Closing remarksI suspect that many people who take an interest in Internet privacy don’t appreciate how hard it is to resist browser fingerprinting. On the other hand, browser fingerprinting produces only statistical results, and usually can’t be used to track or identify a user with certainty.