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.