Show HN: Modern Browsers Don't Need the Cookie Anymore

 (kuber.studio)

11 points | by kuberwastaken 8 hours ago

6 comments

  • cvince 6 minutes ago
    This is such a clever technical demo. Do you work for Posthog? LOL
  • znpy 23 minutes ago
    > Nice machine, by the way. an Apple M1.

    > 2 CPU cores and a 1920×1200 display. All the bells and whistles.

    i'm actually using a macbook neo and my display resolution is not 1920x1200

    > You've got LaTeX installed. You write academic papers, or you're a grad student.

    no i don't

  • voidUpdate 8 hours ago
    > "Your CPU is ARM-family — we know from a single subtraction"

    Not sure what went wrong for you but I'm running an i9

    > "Your battery is at 100%"

    I don't think my desktop computer has a battery

    > "Microphones attached = 1, Audio outputs attached = 1"

    Windows audio settings shows 3 inputs and 5 outputs currently

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  • Clamchop 3 hours ago
    > It asked for zero permissions.

    Not quite. It requested to play DRM protected content.

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    • hotsalad 32 minutes ago
      And asked to create a WebGL context and to view canvas data.

      Closed and reopened the browser and revisited the site a couple times, and it thought it was my first and gave me a different fingerprint each time.

  • Trung0246 3 hours ago
    Nice got different fingerprint across firefox and chrome on android
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  • thisisauserid 8 hours ago
    More like, Tell HN: advertisers don't need cookies to track you anymore!
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    • kuberwastaken 8 hours ago
      potato potato haha ; sadly advertisers aren't the only ones tracking us these days