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Nice idea, but I suspect that Brave and possibly other Chrome-based browsers will spoof a FLoC response to reduce fingerprinting.



Sure they will. Once FLoC is active across most Chrome browsers, so even a simple method should work during the critical transition period (need to stay on top of if, so as not to bother users with fake FLoC browsers).

If FLoC gets adopted, it provides information, so .. maybe it would be possible to guess which FLoCs are genuine with a good enough success rate?




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