Company
Date Published
Author
Keshia Rose
Word count
1752
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Accurate visitor identification is essential for businesses to deliver a secure and personalized user experience, yet browser privacy measures and ad blockers have challenged traditional identification methods like third-party cookies. Fingerprint offers a solution by using advanced device intelligence that doesn't rely on cookies, supported by cloud proxy integrations such as those with AWS CloudFront and Cloudflare to enhance accuracy and resilience against ad blockers. The guide details the process of integrating Fingerprint with Akamai's content delivery network (CDN) to improve visitor identification accuracy, leveraging Akamai's global infrastructure and Fingerprint's technology to create stable visitor identifiers. The integration involves setting up a proxy that processes identification requests through the site itself, ensuring better compliance with privacy settings and increasing the longevity of any cookies used. This setup not only enhances the accuracy of visitor identification, particularly with privacy-focused browsers like Safari and Firefox, but also provides insights into visitor behavior and strengthens website security against vulnerabilities. Akamai's CDN enables businesses to provide fast and secure access to web content, while Fingerprint's platform offers sophisticated visitor identification techniques that are critical for preventing fraud and improving user experiences.