# Browser Fingerprinting plugin updates?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-fingerprinting-plugin-updates/105408
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [January 1, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-fingerprinting-plugin-updates/105408 "2019-01-01T16:09:41Z")
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### Author:  [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mr.X_Mr.X)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-fingerprinting-plugin-updates/105408/1 "2019-01-01T16:09:41Z")
I’m looking for a browser fingerprinting solution and I’ve seen several threads regarding the matter but all of them closed
> [@Build a browser fingerprinting plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/build-a-browser-fingerprinting-plugin/93037):
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> What would you like done? Build a Discourse plugin that does the following: calculates a browser fingerprint for each user session ala [panopticlick](https://panopticlick.eff.org) using perhaps [fingerprintjs2](https://github.com/Valve/fingerprintjs2), or [clientjs](https://github.com/jackspirou/clientjs), or similar. This dependency should only be loaded when the plugin is configured and enabled. The fingerprint should only be calculated once per browsing session per logged in user. make sure the fingerprint table has a column for “fingerprint type” that lists the method of fingerprint generation, so th…
> [@Dupe ban accts with same IP not being auto caught anymore](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dupe-ban-accts-with-same-ip-not-being-auto-caught-anymore/94510/4):
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> Not to my knowledge, suspending has never blocked the IP of the suspended user. If this did happen, it would be trivial to evade via VPN anyways, if you’re deaing with anyone even mildly sophisticated. No, it has never worked that way. You can look up the IP on a user profile to see any matching users by IP though, that’s been a feature for many years. There is an official browser fingerprinting plugin we’re working on with @dan but it’s still got some bugs to work out.
Is this project still ongoing? I’m willing to contribute with funds if required.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-fingerprinting-plugin-updates/105408/2 "2019-01-01T20:33:18Z")
It is available under the discourse org on GitHub. Be aware that fingerprinting iOS devices is quite difficult.
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### Author:  [@Mr.X\_Mr.X](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mr.X_Mr.X)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-fingerprinting-plugin-updates/105408/3 "2019-01-19T17:13:42Z")
I’m using it for the last two weeks but it seems to give false positives to a series of users. Also since the frequent discourse base update the plugin isn’t working as before (doesn’t show fingerprints anymore) and when selecting a user is not listing anymore the other accounts with same fingerprint.
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-fingerprinting-plugin-updates/105408/4 "2019-01-19T17:54:14Z")
Might be ember3 related. I could give it a quick look next week, probably trivial to fix.
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2019, 1:01pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-fingerprinting-plugin-updates/105408/6 "2019-01-22T13:01:27Z")
I found one issue I fixed:
[https://github.com/discourse/discourse-fingerprint/commit/240ca9644a055ae39537b4ea4a56ddba907961e1](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-fingerprint/commit/240ca9644a055ae39537b4ea4a56ddba907961e1)
Let me know if there’s something else please.
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### Author:  [@j.jaffeux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/j.jaffeux)
#### Post date: [January 26, 2019, 5:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/browser-fingerprinting-plugin-updates/105408/7 "2019-01-26T17:00:27Z")
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