Thank you for your comment. Yes, you are correct. The proper role of fingerprint is to ensure the resources have not been tampered with when they are being served.
However, in our case, we assume the assets are all being hosted on the same server, so a simple refresh could ensure we're getting the correct asset (i.e. no middle person intercepting it first).
Cache-busting is a nice side-effect, though. But I do see how the wording in the article makes it look like it is the main function. I will update the content to reflect your point. <3
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Hello Sarah,
Thank you for your comment. Yes, you are correct. The proper role of
fingerprintis to ensure the resources have not been tampered with when they are being served.However, in our case, we assume the assets are all being hosted on the same server, so a simple refresh could ensure we're getting the correct asset (i.e. no middle person intercepting it first).
Cache-busting is a nice side-effect, though. But I do see how the wording in the article makes it look like it is the main function. I will update the content to reflect your point. <3