I’m opening up a feature on my site that will not require a user to create a profile. I need to create and track user ids so I’m curious what others use as an indentifier for guest accounts. Here are some of my thoughts:
- Capture the client IP address and use that
- Assign a unique ID
Just curious if anyone else has done the same and what they used.
Use cookies. But, anyway, it’s exploitable.
Don’t use IP, as the IP can change very often. And, in cookies, assing an unique ID, as you marked in your question.