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Comment by throawayonthe

1 day ago

if your IP is fixed, surely no further fingerprinting is necessary?

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cromka  15 hours ago

They don't know that and don't rely on that. That's why fingerprinting exists. They ban only my one browser, that's it.

tobwen  1 day ago

Static IPs completely destroy privacy when not being shared with many users. Our university has one outgoing static IP for hundreds of users :)

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