# "Fingerprinting" to Track Us Online is on the Rise. Here"s What to Do **URL:** \ **Category:** Privacy\ **Created:** [September 30, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/fingerprinting-to-track-us-online-is-on-the-rise-here-s-what-to-do/4429 "2019-09-30T14:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![richard1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/50afbb/32.png) [@richard1](https://community.humanetech.com/u/richard1)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2019, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/fingerprinting-to-track-us-online-is-on-the-rise-here-s-what-to-do/4429/1 "2019-09-30T14:09:51Z")
Fingerprinting involves looking at the many characteristics of your digital devices. Security researcher considered it as the next generation of tracking.technology. [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/technology/personaltech/fingerprinting-track-devices-what-to-do.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/03/technology/personaltech/fingerprinting-track-devices-what-to-do.html) ---
**Author:** ![Broodwich](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/broodwich/32/2533_2.png) [@Broodwich](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Broodwich)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/fingerprinting-to-track-us-online-is-on-the-rise-here-s-what-to-do/4429/2 "2019-10-04T12:17:52Z")
nyt asking for money to read it just copy & paste please ---
**Author:** ![Broodwich](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/community.humanetech.com/broodwich/32/2533_2.png) [@Broodwich](https://community.humanetech.com/u/Broodwich)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.humanetech.com/t/fingerprinting-to-track-us-online-is-on-the-rise-here-s-what-to-do/4429/4 "2019-10-04T14:28:19Z")
lol sounds like a lot more effort than copy paste no thank you haha 🙄