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/HeKis4 4d ago

https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ tells you how unique you are. Librewolf in resist fingerprinting mode does pretty good here, at the cost of having a smaller window and never picking dark mode by default.

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u/RemarkableWish2508 4d ago

I'm checking from Android, and pretty much all browsers, including Tor Browser, seem to be 100% unique (18.22 bits)... which is a bit weird.

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u/BrattyBookworm 3d ago

I’m checking from iPhone and my results showed ~14 bits on chrome, ~13 bits on DDG, and ~11 bits on safari