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So we all know the ethical implications of this but this tool is not more/less ethical than wireshark/nmap.
It is a dual use software and we should treat it like such:
it can be used for tracking und de-anonymization
companies, governments, militaries and intelligence agencies can use it for unethical reasons
however, especially military and intelligence agencies have much better options to track you down on a lower level or via metada
company fingerprinting is still covered by gdpr
there is definitely white use as well
for example: in our public research project we provide a tool for functional illiterates to assess and improve their fundamental literacy skills. Their only identifier is a code for login. If they forget the code they need to generate a new one. We use the fingerprinting to connect the sessions in such case and by thus ensure their anonymity
this contradicts the view we have on fingerprinting as de-anonymization tool
you see the world is not as dualistic as we might perceive it
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So we all know the ethical implications of this but this tool is not more/less ethical than wireshark/nmap.
It is a dual use software and we should treat it like such: