How to Use fingerprinting in a Sentence

fingerprinting

noun
  • The fee includes the cost of fingerprinting, a background check and a work permit.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Historian Daniel Asen agreed, saying fingerprinting had already been adopted in the U.S. in the first years of the 1900s.
    Chiara Vercellone, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2021
  • While third-party cookies are on the way out, there are other ways for websites and browsers to track you—such as browser fingerprinting.
    Matt Burgess, Wired, 22 May 2021
  • Apple’s rules state that app developers aren’t allowed to track you in any way on your iPhone and shady techniques such as fingerprinting are banned.
    Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2021
  • That said, some more creative and stealthy forms for fingerprinting have been prohibited since then, even if users do opt in to being tracked—and those include misuse of the APIs in question here.
    Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 28 July 2023
  • While the techniques evolve, the ultimate goal of brain fingerprinting remains constant.
    Lucy Tu, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Reeves also must pay a $200 fine and submit to fingerprinting and a booking photo by Sept. 7 in Multnomah County.
    oregonlive, 22 July 2022
  • Put very simply, Private Relay blocks the exact type of web tracking and fingerprinting for which Chrome is lambasted.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Require microstamping or ballistic fingerprinting of all new firearms sold in the U.S.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 20 May 2022
  • The use of fingerprinting is in violation of Apple’s policies, and raises questions around to what extent the company is able to enforce its policies.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Ultimately, though, tracking and device fingerprinting are likely here to stay in some form, even in Apple’s walled garden.
    Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Google says that Topics should be broad enough to ensure that users are not individually tracked and to further reduce fingerprinting.
    Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The licensing process is handled by the state’s Justice Department; applicants submit to fingerprinting and a background check.
    Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Williams has addressed the bussing by hosting bus driver job fairs, helping waive applicant fingerprinting and increasing bus driver pay.
    Sabrina Leboeuf and Lillian Reed, Baltimore Sun, 14 June 2022
  • Trump surrendered to officials at a local jail on Aug. 24, submitting to a booking photo and fingerprinting.
    Graham Kates, CBS News, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Advertisers can also track you using fingerprinting, a sneaky profiling method where the settings of your browser and device (such as language, screen size, and many other details) are used to single you out.
    Matt Burgess, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Authorities said several items of evidence were gathered and sent to the crime lab for forensic analysis and fingerprinting.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 14 June 2023
  • The FLoC rollout might expose them to additional fingerprinting.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 15 June 2021
  • Social media, cookies and browser fingerprinting can all put your identity at risk of exposure.
    Francis Dinha, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • This new fee will cover the cost of biometric requirements, including fingerprinting.
    Dallas News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Earlier this month, Lambert didn't show up for a hearing concerning her refusal to comply with a court order requiring her to undergo fingerprinting.
    Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Activities include firefighting, drone and K-9 demonstrations, as well as free fingerprinting and ID kits for children.
    John Benson, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The Massachusetts State Police crime lab gathered evidence and sent it for forensic analysis and fingerprinting.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 June 2023
  • The future of touchless fingerprinting is bright, with potential growth across multiple industries.
    Tony Bradley, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Human fingerprinting goes back thousands of years, but the first modern use of it for identification likely originated in colonial India.
    Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Some apps may use other methods to collect and share your data, such as browser fingerprinting, tracking cookies, device identifiers, or permissions.
    Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
  • Zipkin typically measures more than 40 elements per sample and could find up to 15 of them useful for the fingerprinting, which creates that site’s geochemical signature.
    Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 15 Mar. 2018
  • In addition, some more advanced techniques use single-letter variations in DNA sequences for fingerprinting.
    Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2023
  • That would subject those guns to extra layers of regulation required to own more serious firearms or silencers, including fingerprinting, a background check and a regular renewal of a license.
    New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021
  • HopSkipDrive, a transportation service that parents use to book solo rides for their kids as young as 6, conducts a higher level background check on its drivers, including fingerprinting, according to its website.
    Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024

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