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Comment by LordHeini

No because third party cookies (which are needed for cross site tracking) are often (and should be) blocked.

The floc is based on your browsing history. It is sort of a hash of the sites you visited and can be requested via a Js call by any (!) site you visit.

The floc is shared by a group of users not sure how that works but it is stated that those are a few 1000 large.

Combine that with other tracking stuff like fingerprinting and ip and you can easily identify a user (especially if you are google and your adds hang around everywhere in the net).

parent LordHeini 5 years ago

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