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zer00eyz on April 11, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Mark Zuckerberg testifies before Congress

device + app having a unique UUID has been going on longer than that.

3 years ago uber got popped for this:

https://www.theverge.com/2017/4/23/15399438/apple-uber-app-s...

I can tell you that fingerprinting is still possible today.

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