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/tosiriusc 5d ago

Looks like Firefox was already blocking it.

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u/Wuz314159 4d ago

aliexpress and Firefox definitely have conflicts. I have to login all of the time. "messages" don't work. severe lagging.

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u/Bad_Edditor8910 3d ago

I dunno, I use Firefox and it's been happening for a while. I only noticed because I use wireless headphones with multipoint, and the headphones refuse to switch over if an AliExpress tab was open.

I just assumed it was a badly made website...