HNHacker News
TopNewBestAskShowJobs

silverrump

8 karma · joined January 6, 2026

submissionscomments
silverrump··on Show HN: DevicePrint – device fingerprinting without cookies
Thanks for trying it and calling out problems — it helped us find and fix the bug. The issue has now been resolved and DevicePrint should give much more sensible results going forward.
silverrump··on Show HN: DevicePrint – device fingerprinting without cookies
Totally hear you — we appreciate the critique. We’ve now fixed a real issue that was skewing results, and the current version relies on deterministic signals rather than anything heuristic or generative.
silverrump··on Show HN: DevicePrint – device fingerprinting without cookies
Yes — browsers isolate storage between containers, so that behavior is expected. Fingerprints will be consistent within a given profile unless significant attributes change.
silverrump··on Show HN: DevicePrint – device fingerprinting without cookies
We’ve just deployed a fix to the core matching logic that should significantly improve accuracy and reduce false positives. Feel free to retry at https://deviceprint.io and share your results!
silverrump··on Show HN: DevicePrint – device fingerprinting without cookies
Thanks for pointing that out — we’ve corrected the display so no other visitors’ IPs or locations are shown. We take privacy seriously and have updated the site to reflect that.
silverrump··on Show HN: DevicePrint – device fingerprinting without cookies
Good question — we’ve taken that feedback seriously. We’re currently working on making more documentation publicly accessible without a login, so people can evaluate DevicePrint before signing up.
silverrump··on Show HN: DevicePrint – device fingerprinting without cookies
Thanks everyone for the detailed reports — the strange multiple visits and location jumps were due to a bug in how we combined signals. This has now been resolved, and subsequent fingerprints should be much more accurate across browsers and devices. Appreciate the testing!
silverrump··on Show HN: DevicePrint – device fingerprinting without cookies
Good catch — that was exactly the symptom of the issue we just resolved. The over-counting was caused by fingerprint collisions in certain edge cases. The fix has been deployed, so it shouldn’t happen on new uses anymore. Thanks for the feedback!
silverrump··on Show HN: DevicePrint – device fingerprinting without cookies
Thanks for checking it out! We’ve identified the root cause of the inaccurate visit counts you saw and have now fixed the issue — the accuracy of DevicePrint should be much better now. If you have any remaining odd results, let us know!
silverrump··on Show HN: DevicePrint – device fingerprinting without cookies
Happy to answer any technical questions or discuss implementation details.