Browser fingerprinting is increasingly being used for online tracking of users, and, unlike the use of cookies, is almost impossible for users to control. This has a major negative impact on online privacy. Despite the availability of a range of fingerprinting countermeasures as well as some limited attempts by browser vendors to curb its effectiveness, it remains largely uncontrolled. The paper aims to discuss this issue.,This paper provides the first comprehensive and structured discussion of measures to limit or control browser fingerprinting, covering both user-based and browser-based techniques.,This study discusses the limitations of counter browser fingerprinting measures and the need for browser vendor support in controlling fingerprinting. Further, a somewhat counterintuitive possible new browser identifier is proposed which could make cookies and fingerprint-based tracking redundant; the need for, and possible effect of, this feature is discussed.,This study provides the first comprehensive and structured discussion of measures to limit or control browser fingerprinting. Also, it proposes a new browser identifier that could make cookies and fingerprint-based tracking redundant.

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太迟了：我们可以控制浏览器指纹识别吗？

浏览器指纹越来越多地用于用户的在线跟踪，并且与cookie的使用不同，用户几乎无法控制浏览器的指纹。这会对在线隐私产生重大负面影响。尽管可以使用多种指纹对策，并且浏览器供应商为限制其有效性进行了有限的尝试，但在很大程度上仍无法控制。本文旨在讨论此问题。本文提供了针对限制或控制浏览器指纹的措施的首次全面而结构化的讨论，涵盖了基于用户和基于浏览器的技术。需要浏览器供应商支持以控制指纹。进一步，提出了一种可能与直觉相反的新浏览器标识符，该标识符可能会使cookie和基于指纹的跟踪变得多余。讨论了此功能的必要性和可能的​​效果。本研究首次对限制或控制浏览器指纹的措施进行了全面而结构化的讨论。此外，它提出了一个新的浏览器标识符，可以使cookie和基于指纹的跟踪变得多余。