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		legitster on Nov 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using a date-modified header to detect unique visi... If anything, this is worse. Cookies have built in browser behavior - they have limited scope, the browser lets you see them, they get cleared out regularly. Abusing metadata is way sketchier.

eurasiantiger on Nov 30, 2022 [–]

Chances are they aren’t the first to come up with something like this. How can we detect this kind of metadata abuse?

fanso99 on Nov 30, 2022 | [–]

perhaps randomize minutes/seconds of the "last-modified" header.

notpushkin on Nov 30, 2022 | | [–]

Or perhaps just drop minutes/seconds. And maybe don't store the date altogether for files that are small enough?

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