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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.

- 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.