Suggestion on an addition to docs/deep-dive/fingerprinting

[kylefmohr]

Hi @thalissonvs , I hope it's okay that I @ you here, but I saw you wrote all of the wonderful articles under docs/deep-dive. They have been helpful, and it's also validating to see that others are considering the ethics of doing so, and are being mindful of that.

One thing that I felt could be an improvement to docs/deep-dive/fingerprinting:

• In Module Scope and Methodology you detail the varied sources that this information comes from, which should help a reader learn that this information is fragmanted.
• But in the second half of that section, I feel that it asserts that the data in this guide is authoratative, complete, and always will be.
• I think it would be helpful to readers to add a small section or disclaimer that this guide is likely not a complete listing of all actively used fingerprinting techniques, and likely never will be.
• I think about companies like Google, Amazon, Cloudflare, Palantir, NSO Group: sure, this information exists somewhere in their internal company wiki, but the public likely won't find out about it soon, or maybe even at all.

Maybe I'm looking at this too grimly, but I would just worry about somebody reading this gude that is trying to protect their safety against an oppressive government. Which is arguably ouside of the scope of the guide, but also seems not to be 😅

[thalissonvs]

thanks for the thoughtful feedback, and yes, totally okay to @ me here.
that’s a very fair point. even with the methodology section, the guide can still come across as more complete/authoritative than intended.
I’ll add a disclaimer to make it clearer that it’s not meant to be an exhaustive list of fingerprinting techniques, and likely never could be.
I also appreciate the point about readers in higher-risk situations, avoiding a false sense of completeness is important.
Thanks again for calling this out.

[kylefmohr]

thank you for being open to feedback! it's a topic I feel strongly about, and other than my nitpick, the documentation is extremely well-written.