Track Devices With Fingerprinting
About Track devices with fingerprinting
Track devices with fingerprinting and tracks devices using unique combinations of device attributes instead of traditional identifiers like IP addresses or cookies. The technology uses data points, such as hardware specifications, software configurations, screen resolution, installed plugins, and fonts to create a device “fingerprint” that is distinctive to each device. This fingerprint is then used for purposes like enhancing security, preventing fraud, tracking devices across online sessions, and personalizing user experiences.
How Device Fingerprinting Can Track and Prevent Mobile Fraud
Unlike cookies, fingerprints are persistent and hard to delete or block. Additionally, they are more accurate and harder to spoof than IP addresses and other traditional identifiers. This makes them more reliable for use in scenarios that require high levels of security and cross-session tracking, such as e-commerce and financial services.
Privacy impacts:
As with any technology, device fingerprinting has privacy impacts. The main concern is that fingerprinting operates in the background without users’ awareness, so they are unable to easily detect or prevent it. This lack of transparency and control raises issues around consent. As with cookies, GDPR requires that processing of a person’s personal data be done only with their explicit consent. But, the GDPR also advocates for data minimization, meaning only the data needed for a particular purpose should be collected and processed. Device fingerprinting may not be considered “data minimization” in practice, and could lead to infringements of the GDPR’s strict requirements. For this reason, GDPR imposes strict limits on the use of this technique.