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   Tommi Koivula to Markus Reschke   
   Raspeberry Pi / SixXS   
   05 Oct 15 00:01:34   
   
   04 Oct 15 12:17, you wrote to me:   
      
    TK>> IPv6 address can identify the computer hardware, but person? How?   
      
    MR> In most cases people use their own devices and don't share them with   
    MR> others. Take a smartphone for example. Even if a family shares a   
    MR> tablet you would be able to find that out. Not by the IP address only,   
    MR> but there are methods for that. The IP address on its own would allow   
    MR> you to distinguish family X or person Y. Then add cookies, web bugs,   
    MR> JS (trackers, analytics) and what have you, and you can identify a   
    MR> family or person.   
      
   Yes, but by ip address only you cannot track people, only devices.   
      
   With cookies and all that kind of spying stuff you can do much more.   
      
   'Tommi   
      
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