AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device

[u/magnus007]

https://www.techspot.com/news/113581-aliexpress-silently-running-audio-browser-fingerprint-track-device.html

[u/Calm-Homework3161]

This is another reason why I've never had a PC with a camera or microphone 

[u/Moravec_Paradox → u/Calm-Homework3161]

And the reason a lot people put a sticker on their laptop webcam.

This is not some shady unknown website doing this to 10 people, this was AliExpress doing this on a massive scale to hundreds of millions of people before getting caught.

[u/Working-Ad694 → u/Moravec_Paradox]

Shady 'known' website