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		_ofdw on Jan 30, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Secret Feature of EM-DOSBOX on Internet Archiv... Can the LocalStorage API be used to store supercookies and thus track users?

TazeTSchnitzel on Jan 30, 2016 [–]

It's a persistent storage API, so yes. Browsers usually offer the option to clear localStorage alongside cookies, though.

db48x on Jan 31, 2016 | [–]

Since you can clear it it's not a supercookie.

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