← Back to context Comment by hattmall 1 year ago Targeting and profiling. Reselling the data. 6 comments hattmall Reply _heimdall 1 year ago Maybe I'm wrong, but that feels pretty similar to fingerprinting. Usually that's why online services try to fingerprint you, for advertising and data revenue. DevKoala 1 year ago That is what the fingerprinting is for. YetAnotherNick 1 year ago Fingerprinting is just for identifying user, not getting user data. You can potentially resell things like app usage to credit rating company. DevKoala 1 year ago That is profiling.Fingerprinting is an identification mechanism. It is most commonly used for targeting and profiling. hattmall 1 year ago Does fingerprinting necessarily imply reselling that data?
_heimdall 1 year ago Maybe I'm wrong, but that feels pretty similar to fingerprinting. Usually that's why online services try to fingerprint you, for advertising and data revenue.
DevKoala 1 year ago That is what the fingerprinting is for. YetAnotherNick 1 year ago Fingerprinting is just for identifying user, not getting user data. You can potentially resell things like app usage to credit rating company. DevKoala 1 year ago That is profiling.Fingerprinting is an identification mechanism. It is most commonly used for targeting and profiling. hattmall 1 year ago Does fingerprinting necessarily imply reselling that data?
YetAnotherNick 1 year ago Fingerprinting is just for identifying user, not getting user data. You can potentially resell things like app usage to credit rating company. DevKoala 1 year ago That is profiling.Fingerprinting is an identification mechanism. It is most commonly used for targeting and profiling.
DevKoala 1 year ago That is profiling.Fingerprinting is an identification mechanism. It is most commonly used for targeting and profiling.
Maybe I'm wrong, but that feels pretty similar to fingerprinting. Usually that's why online services try to fingerprint you, for advertising and data revenue.
That is what the fingerprinting is for.
Fingerprinting is just for identifying user, not getting user data. You can potentially resell things like app usage to credit rating company.
That is profiling.
Fingerprinting is an identification mechanism. It is most commonly used for targeting and profiling.
Does fingerprinting necessarily imply reselling that data?