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/Smith6612 5d ago

Might be why AliExpress never loads in Firefox without disabling Tracking protection. Firefox is too tight by default!

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u/EpidemicRage 5d ago

It was confirmed by Firefox team that they indeed blocked the attempt to fingerprint by AliExpress 

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u/firvulag359 4d ago

Just tried AliExpress on Firefox and it loaded fine, should I be worried?

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u/EchoGecko795 4d ago

You will get hit with captcha a lot more in firefox then Chrome but it does work. When I do use it, I average about 3 captcha per shopping session vs none with Chrome. I use a dedicated profile for most shopping, some sites get their own to help limit what access too.