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Probably works fine for PCs, but for iPhones, iPads and other devices that are more uniform, they'll probably have to stick with cookies.

Do phones' timestamps differ?

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I believe most mobile devices already have unique device IDs built in. Perhaps they're not accessible through JavaScript, but it sounds like this technology already goes beyond the web browser anyways.

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