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This can be useful for analytics and possibly other customizations.
However, it is also conceivable that developers could encode
strings into the start_url that uniquely identify the user (e.g., a
server-assigned identifier, such as `"?user=123"`,
`"/user/123/"`, or `"https://user123.foo.bar"`). This is
fingerprinting/privacy sensitive information that the user might
not be aware of.
server-assigned identifier, such as `"?user=123"`, `"/user/123/"`,
or `"https://user123.foo.bar"`). This is fingerprinting/privacy
sensitive information that the user might not be aware of.
</p>
<p class="note" title="Don't add identifiers to start URLs">
It is bad practice for a developer to use the [=start URL=]
to include information that uniquely identifies a user, as it would
It is bad practice for a developer to use the [=start URL=] to
include information that uniquely identifies a user, as it would
represent a fingerprint that is not cleared when the user clears
site data. However, nothing in this specification can practically
prevent developers from doing this.
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