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You can still be fingerprinted based off the scratches on the lens.

https://www.insider.com/facebook-patent-photos-fingerprint-d...



If someone has hacked your computer such that they can control your camera, how worried are you about being fingerprinted?


I'm pretty sure I've seen similar attempts to identify a specific camera using things like sensor noise patterns and lens aberrations


Maybe, but more important, a potential hacker cannot see me nor my family anymore


that link is giving me a 404




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