Websites today collect troves of information about visitors, not only for
advertising, business optimization and user experience, but also for security
purposes.
advertising, business optimization and user experience, but also for security
purposes.
In addition to cookies, websites use ‘fingerprinting’ to collect information
about a user’s web browser, hardware, device configuration, time zone, and even
behavioral patterns, to authorize a legitimate user or de-authorize an impostor.
While ‘fingerprints’ are useful in various ways, they’re crucial in detecting
and preventing ident
