Why does Voat appear to have fingerprinting built into the page render that scrolls with the screen? What purpose would this serve other than tracking screenshots to user ID's and/or sessions?

Why does Voat appear to have fingerprinting built into the page render that scrolls with the screen? What purpose would this serve other than tracking screenshots to user ID's and/or sessions? (catbox.moe)

submitted 5.5 years ago by Nosfewratsjews

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LostandFound 5.5 years ago

Can you give an example of a page where this has occurred?

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Nosfewratsjews 5.5 years ago

Sure. Next time I see it I'll link the page, too. I did this one on the fly and going back to the page I screencapped it from it's not visible now.

Appears dynamic. Sometimes it's in the middle of the page. Sometimes it's along the side-bar. It always scrolls with the page to make sure it's visible on the screen.

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watitdew 5.5 years ago

idk man i just tested it, fucked with the brightness/contrast, zoomed in..i got nothing.

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TheTrigger 5.5 years ago

Me too... I even fucked with different light filtering and did everything I could think of, and it seems fine. Methinks the only problem here is that OP needs a better video card.

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watitdew 5.5 years ago

Could be browser related as well. IDK. I'm not worried.

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