Fingerprinting Articles

Browser fingerprinting privacy shield
May 25, 2021

Fingerprinting in the Modern Browser: Are Privacy Updates Making It Harder to Prevent Fraud?

Are privacy updates making it harder to use browser fingerprinting for anti-fraud? We go through the major modern browsers and determine what is still possible to keep your website safe.

How to ban users from your website
May 17, 2021

6 Ways to Permanently Ban Users from Your Website

There are several ways to block specific users and email domains from your site. We discuss six common methods, including IP bans and how you can implement browser fingerprinting to ban unwanted users.

Cross-browser tracking vulnerability
May 13, 2021

Exploiting custom protocol handlers for cross-browser tracking in Tor, Safari, Chrome and Firefox

The Fingerprint team has uncovered a scheme flooding vulnerability. We explain how the exploit works across four major desktop browsers and show why it's a threat to anonymous browsing.

Paywall software solution
May 12, 2021

How to Build the Best Paywall Solution with Node and Browser Fingerprinting

Creating high-quality digital content is time-consuming and expensive. Creating a paywall helps websites generate revenue through subscriptions to consume articles. In this how-to, we’ll show you how to create a content paywall to limit free articles utilizing Node and Browser fingerprinting.

Fingerprint Pro query result
April 1, 2021

The Top Browser Fingerprinting Techniques Explained

To make an accurate browser fingerprint, you need to gather as many signals as possible. In this article, we go over some of the techniques used to generate signals that vary between site visitors enough to be useful for browser fingerprinting.

Netflix account sharing
March 25, 2021

Why It’s Not Just Netflix Losing Money From Subscription Sharing

Many websites are losing significant revenue from account sharing and may not even know the extent of the problem. In this article, we go over why subscription sharing might be costing your business more than you thought, and how to prevent it.

Audio fingerprinting
March 18, 2021

How the Web Audio API is used for audio fingerprinting

Audio Fingerprinting is used to uniquely identify visitors without cookies. A deep dive into this highly stable browser fingerprinting technique.

Prevent signup abuse video tutorial
March 16, 2021

How to Prevent Multiple Signups With Fingerprint Pro

Protect your free trial offer forms from signup abuse. In this step-by-step tutorial, catch visitors who have filled out a form previously using Fingerprint Pro.

How to stop using reCAPTCHA
March 15, 2021

How to minimize CAPTCHA API calls to streamline UX and improve conversions

Looking for CAPTCHA alternatives? With user identification, you can reduce your need for CAPTCHA technology to catch bots and spam filling out forms on your website.

Playing cards
March 11, 2021

Understanding and Preventing Multi-Accounting in Gaming and Gambling Industries

Discover practical strategies to tackle multi-accounting in the gaming and gambling industry. Learn how to identify and prevent fraudulent activities like chip dumping, affiliate fraud, and promo abuse.

Browser fingerprinting
December 24, 2020

The Beginner’s Guide to Browser Fingerprinting for Fraud Detection

Browser fingerprinting is a type of fraud prevention that accurately identify users and flag fraudulent visitors through numerous identification signals. Learn more about how it works and how it’s implemented on today’s websites.

Android device fingerprinting
December 8, 2020

Life after ANDROID_ID: Android Identification via Device Fingerprinting

Device identification is essential to a mobile developer's toolkit for detecting and preventing fraud. Device fingerprinting is a powerful tool for Android developers to identify their users accurately. Learn how to use the Fingerprint Android library to future-proof your application security.