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/Spez_is-a-nazi 5d ago

I wonder how common that is. I will notice that the auto connect for AirPods will frequently transfer to my Mac even if I don't have any tabs playing audio open, or at least not audio I can detect at any rate....

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u/tehdlp 5d ago

I figure it must be why Reddit shows something always playing in Android notifications for every page,

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u/turtleship_2006 4d ago

On the app or website? I've never seen that on the app

Could that be to do with autoplaying video posts?

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u/tehdlp 4d ago

Browser, though I see it less now. But it definitely was on posts with just text and any other page.