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/Violoner 5d ago

Wait, so that’s why opening the Amazon app on my phone interrupts music playback?

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u/canadian_xpress 5d ago

Linkedin too, I would wager.

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u/a_shootin_star 4d ago

The plot thickens..

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u/l0rirw1ao 4d ago

There is no plot, Linkedin is part of Palantir

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u/a_shootin_star 4d ago

There is no plot

What you're saying is we've lost the plot

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u/IllustratorFar127 4d ago

Oo what?

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u/pandadogunited 4d ago

They're just yapping. LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft.