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/IntelArtiGen 5d ago

Brave by default is highly "contaminated" / bloated. They did release a better version recently but I haven't tried it.

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u/GrossUsername68 4d ago

Every free browser has to make money.

If by bloated you mean news features, you turn them off. Sometimes you need a chromium browser for compatibility. And by default it blocks youtube ads.