For example, if:

  1. I’m on a tracking website like Linkedin
  2. I log out and close the browser
  3. I turn on the vpn and open the same browser
  4. I create a Spotify account

Is it possible that Spotify will give me targeted ads based on my home IP due to the cookies?

Thanks in advance

  • fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.comEnglish
    16·
    13 hours ago

    Home IP isn’t reliable, there are much better ways of fingerprinting you. It’s more device based. People move around.

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
      1·
      4 hours ago

      It’s also fair to point out that your browser may not know your external IP; if you’re behind a NAT, like a home LAN, your computer probably thinks its IP is the LAN IP, an address shared by millions of computers the world over. If you’re using a VPN, your external IP (which JavaScript could get) is the IP of the exit node - an IP shared with possibly dozens of other people. Of you’re not using a VPN, well… that’s on you. That’s privacy 101.