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Hikari eyedeekay: every GPU has very slight quirks that humans can't see but computers can, so you can actually have the GPU render a specially crafted image and then use the differences in the rendering to fingerprint individual laptops, even when you have two laptops manufactured at the same time

Hikari also if you're gonna nym up with Google, you gotta use non-fictional names, or at least pull from more obscure things like the english localization of a game like Suikoden

eyedeekay I have a lot to catch up on today and so don't want to get too drawn into a discussion of the ethics of pseudonymity, but an explanation: Using a realistic nym is what I would have done if I were distributing malware or trying to distribute a paid app without paying taxes, or something nefarious like that.

eyedeekay To my mind it was a courtesy, "here's an obviously fake name on an obviously real account with 2FA enabled and zero malicious activity."

eyedeekay Then I treat Google like a public toilet. Get in, do what I came for(Which is to release the Android app, that's what this account is for), get out.

eyedeekay In a more sensible world, I think Google would be able to see "All this account ever does is check work email and log in every quarter to upload a signed aab, let's not bother."

not_bob *nod*

not_bob eyedeekay: Did you see my stats from above on hosts.txt?

eyedeekay Yes I did, IIRC stats was getting thrown off badly by Prestium where everybody has an ephemeral routerInfo by default

not_bob I never thought of tht.

eyedeekay Prestium made it pretty much impossible to guess the network size accuratly while hot, so to speak, if stats saw a Prestium router, it would go into the chart and I think stay there

eyedeekay Driving the total up artificially for a while

not_bob Yes it would :(

eyedeekay Yeah it's a mixed blessing IMO, the churn makes network enumeration harder, but well the churn makes network enumeration harder

not_bob heh

not_bob Both fiar points.

not_bob Anyway, I need to attend to other things.

not_bob Good luck in your tasks today!

eyedeekay Thanks

eyedeekay You too

not_bob_afk *nod*

eyedeekay That's why stats thought it was 114k routers in the last month it was up AFAICT, and why the week-stat was so different from the month-stat

not_bob_afk Crazy, but yeah. I get it.