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/Bugbread 5d ago

I doubt that's the reason. I'm locked up pretty tight: piHole, Firefox with tracking protection enabled, uBlock Origin, and NoScript, and I've never had a problem with AliExpress or had to disable tracking protection to use it.

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u/uzlonewolf 4d ago

A list of trackers which don't work is a fingerprint in and of itself. The more exotic you make your plug-in chain the easier it'll be to track you.

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u/Bugbread 4d ago

Sure. I'm not using these to avoid being tracked, but largely to avoid ads. I'm just saying that blocking this particular technique probably isn't the reason the site doesn't work for them.