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While this decision demonstrated early insight into internet privacy, it inadvertently paved the way for new tracking technologies to flourish—technologies that would lead to further privacy threats, such as fingerprinting.
The Shift to Fingerprinting and Current Privacy Issues
Fingerprinting emerged as a tracking method that collects extensive data about users without their consent. Unlike cookies, which users can delete, fingerprinting uses information about a device's hardware and software, creating a unique identifier for tracking purposes. Consequently, this form of tracking became much harder for users to control or bypass.