Fingerprinting is an exploit, an attack on the person and machine. It is tracking using mechanisms that were not meant for tracking.
It is without consent and it is without user control (you can clear cookies, you can't clear the fingerprint you've let on thousands of website you browse every week).
Cookies, Local Storage (and IP) should be the only legally authorised means of tracking
Fingerprinting is an exploit, an attack on the person and machine. It is tracking using mechanisms that were not meant for tracking.
It is without consent and it is without user control (you can clear cookies, you can't clear the fingerprint you've let on thousands of website you browse every week).
Cookies, Local Storage (and IP) should be the only legally authorised means of tracking