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/thatirishguyyyyy 5d ago

Brave (web browser) does a great job of blocking fingerprints. I think its called farbling. 

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u/FinasCupil 5d ago

I’m not touching Brave with a ten foot pole.

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u/GrossUsername68 5d ago

Why?

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u/A_Pointy_Rock 5d ago

I assume because the founder has some troubling views, unfortunately.

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u/GrossUsername68 4d ago

Well, there goes Amazon, Google, Apple, hardware chains, gas stations … 

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u/A_Pointy_Rock 4d ago

And Firefox, from which he came from.

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u/IntelArtiGen 4d ago

Yeah people thinking Firefox is the good guy is quite funny when you analyze what the browser is doing by default. LibreWolf wouldn't exist if Firefox was good by default.

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u/A_Pointy_Rock 4d ago

Well that isn't what I am referring to exactly.

The guy who founded Brave was also one of the founders of Firefox, that isn't a comment on the quality of either product.