Fingerprint changes on refresh

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Fingerprint changes on refresh

jdsenecal opened this issue 7 years ago · 6 comments

Hello!
I'm experiencing a strange issue. On initial page load, i get a particular Fingerprint (Print A), but when I refresh the page, I get a different one (Print B).
The two fingerprints are different, but they're consistent. On initial load, Print A always shows, but Print B shows whenever I refresh the page.

Any ideas?
Currently testing on Windows 10.
Chrome Version 58.0.3029.110 (64-bit) appears to be where the issue is occurring.
IE 11 so far appears to be working as expected.

Answer 1 · 2017-06-08T14:36:07.000Z

It was answered before, probably you have a CPU GPU and External GPU and external GPU kicks in on second refresh

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Answer 2 · 2017-06-08T14:42:16.000Z

Unfortunately, no. No external GPU. :(
Could it be related to plugins getting loaded on initial page load (adblock being one in particular)?

Answer 3 · 2017-06-08T14:44:08.000Z

yes, probably; the best way is identify the changing component. Something is different in these 2 cases and adds to a changing fingerprint

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Answer 4 · 2017-06-11T16:28:01.000Z

Even i am facing the same issue and this problem started after updating Chrome to version 58.0.3029.110 (64-bit). Any help will be very useful to get the unique id on each refresh.

Answer 5 · 2017-06-12T16:20:58.000Z

So, from my perspective, this appears to be due to browser plugins. What I ended up doing was I delayed the generation of the fingerprint until after the page completely loads. This appears to have resolved the issue from what I can see.

Answer 6 · 2017-09-10T07:40:03.000Z

I had same issue.

Though I cannot be 100% sure, I believe adding in the constructor the option excludeAdBlock: true seems to have solved it.

I am now getting the same fp over multiple reloads.