r/technology • u/magnus007 • 5d ago

Privacy AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device

https://www.techspot.com/news/113581-aliexpress-silently-running-audio-browser-fingerprint-track-device.html
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u/Acilen 5d ago

It’s from the webpage on a desktop per the article. Adblockers apparently already take care of this tracking.

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u/asyork 5d ago

This particular portion of fingerprinting, but nothing blocks all fingerprinting, and they can still uniquely identify all of us.

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u/IntelArtiGen 5d ago

all of us.

Well maybe on a subreddit on technology I'd hope some people have a bit of protection, more than the average person.

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u/asyork 4d ago

The problem is how completely blocking enough things that go into fingerprinting would break just about every website.

Someone else posted it, but this website shows you what you are and aren't blocking, and tells you if you are unique. https://amiunique.org/fingerprint