Fingerprints on the Cookie Jar

June 25, 2013 by Dave Michels

Cookies are tried and true, but the Internet itself is beginning to move toward fingerprinting. A fingerprint looks at more of the available information provided to determine the user.

By Dave Michels

Dave is an independent analyst and founder of TalkingPointz which is focused on enterprise communications. In addition to this (free and paid) content on TalkingPointz, he contributes to industry sites, can be found at major industry events, and provides advisory services to vendors and financial analysts.

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