I know that fingerprinting is a thing… but I also sometimes wonder how many of these practical disparagements of privacy tech actually represent a mechanism that would ever be deployed at-scale for fear of what would happen if/when they get found out.

That said: the legislators and activists are so swayed by these articles and bent upon regulating (the shape of) tech, rather than intent, that perhaps that’s not a problem?

Did you know that browsers can produce audio files you can’t hear, and those audio files can be used to identify web visitors? Apple knows, and the company decided to fight the identification possibility in Safari 17, but their measures don’t fully work.

https://fingerprint.com/blog/bypassing-safari-17-audio-fingerprinting-protection/