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Find out What fingerprints does your browser leave behind as you surf the web&see how easily identifiable you are

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Traditionally, people assume they can prevent a website from identifying them by disabling cookies on their web browser. Unfortunately, this is not the whole story. When you visit a website, you are allowing that site to access a lot of information about your computer's configuration. Combined, this information can create a kind of fingerprint — a signature that could be used to identify you and your computer. But how effective would this kind of online tracking be? http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/recent-news/342-find-out-what-fingerprints
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