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Comment by codedokode

I remember when WebRTC was introduced, it was found that it became very popular and was used by almost every page. But closer inspection showed that its use was to get user's IP address for better fingerprinting.

I predict that WebGL/WebGPU will be mainly used for the same purposes. Nobody needs new fancy features, what people really need is more reliable fingerprinting (this is proven by number of uses of WebRTC for fingerprinting vs number of uses for communication).

parent codedokode 3 years ago

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