jellyfin-web/dashboard-ui/bower_components/fingerprintjs2/FAQ.md
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#### Can I use this library to uniquely identify users?
##### No, you cannot. This library is built to be able to associate string identifiers with devices. Since there are a lot of identical devices, you will get a lot of identical identifiers.
#### OK, I get it, I cannot _uniquely_ identify users, but can I identify users at all?
##### No, you cannot. This library is strictly for non-deterministic device identification.
#### How good is your library? Can you guarantee that different devices will have different identifiers?
##### This library is not good. It has an error margin of 10-20%
#### Can you improve the library to be 100% accurate for device identification?
##### I don't think it is possible now and don't think it will be possible in the future.
#### Can you improve the library to be more accurate (since you cannot make it 100% accurate)?
##### I can, but it takes a lot of time. I need a lot of devices, enviroments and more importantly - time. Since this is my hobby project, I spend very little time on it.
#### How can I build a complete identification solution?
##### You should either use commercial services, such as https://augur.io, or develop such service yourself. If you don't know how to do it, please use StackOverflow.