• PhoenixDog@lemmy.world
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        22 hours ago

        Reddit still fingerprints your device.

        I’m permabanned on reddit. I have a VPN that changes my IP every day or so. If I make a new account on my phone or pc it’s banned within a few hours.

        Until I get a new phone or pc I can’t make an account. It knows the device, not just the IP.

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          20 hours ago

          Idk what you are doing to make that neccessary (and am too afraid to ask)

          I was site banned as well but made a new account a very short time after the ban and have yet to be banned again.

          But it makes sense they are fingerprinting your device somehow to prevent ban-evasion.

          Only way I could see is only visiting the page within a obfuscated/very private OS (like Tails?) or a browser that fully wipes and obfuscates any connection between hardware and browser.

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      22 hours ago

      You needing an entirely new device, like a completely different computer, just takes a whole minute?

      Do you just have spare PC’s laying around your house?

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        20 hours ago

        By new device you mean useragent, cookies and browser fingerprint? I got plenty of those. Or do you think reddit can somehow identify your actual device?