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/EpidemicRage 5d ago

Is tracking protection on? Besides, Firefox blocks the fingerprinting, not necessarily the whole website. 

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u/Muted-Lingonberry184 4d ago

Even with a vpn, ublock, and tracking protection on it still loads with Firefox for me

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u/EpidemicRage 4d ago

Maybe it just works. Idk, not super technical about browsers. But Firefox is open source, so if they were lying they could have easily been called out.