Is anyone actually surprised by this?

  • @noisefree
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    131 month ago

    Maybe. They could also be doing things like paying attention to input cadence and typos/pre-send typo corrections to use as part of a fingerprint associated with the identifying information a user gives them when creating an account so that they can then attempt to detect the user elsewhere on the web whether they are using an identifying account or not.

      • @noisefree
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        41 month ago

        You’ll hear no arguments from me on that point, US tech companies are toxic af.