The practice of fingerprinting allows you to be <a { $url_tracked }>tracked for months</a>, even when you clear your browser storage or use private browsing mode — disregarding clear indications from you that you don’t want to be tracked. Despite a near complete agreement between <a { $url_standards }>standards</a> <a { $url_bodies }>bodies</a> and <a { $url_browser }>browser</a> <a { $url_vendors }>vendors</a> that fingerprinting is <a { $url_harmful }>harmful</a>, its use on the web <a { $url_has }>has</a> <a { $url_steadily }>steadily</a> <a { $url_increased }>increased</a> over the past decade.

Praktik pengumpulan sidik jari dapat membuat Anda <a { $url_tracked }>dilacak selama berbulan-bulan</a>, bahkan saat Anda menghapus penyimpanan peramban atau menggunakan mode penjelajahan pribadi — mengabaikan indikasi yang jelas bahwa Anda tidak ingin dilacak. Meskipun <a { $url_standards }>badan</a> <a { $url_bodies }>standardisasi</a> dan <a { $url_browser }>vendor</a> <a { $url_vendors }>peramban</a> sepakat bahwa fingerprinting itu <a { $url_harmful }>berbahaya</a>, namun penggunaannya di internet <a { $url_has }>telah</a> <a { $url_steadily }>semakin</a> <a { $url_increased }>meningkat</a> sepanjang dekade terakhir.