IDENTIFYING DEVICES MUST GO BEYOND THE IP ADDRESSFour device identification methods |
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| IDENTIFICATION METHOD |
IP ADDRESS ONLY
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SIMPLE FINGERPRINT
IP Address |
BASIC BROWSER FINGERPRINT
IP Address |
HI-DEF FINGERPRINT
IP Address |
THE FALSE POSITIVE EFFECTDistil Networks analyzed how many devices are invisible when using each of the four identification methods. Each invisible device is a potential false positive because it shares the same ID as another device using that identification method. |
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| UNIQUE DEVICES IDENTIFIED | ||||
| UNIQUE DEVICES INVISIBLE TO THIS IDENTIFICATION METHOD | ||||
| BLOCK BAD BOTS WITH CERTAINTY? | NO TOO MANY FALSE POSITIVES! |
MAYBE | YES | |
| Source: Distil Networks Data Science Fingerprinting Study - October 2016 Sample size: 378,894,368 |
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