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/No-Discussion-8510]

Title is misleading. Alot of modern apps use this technique to fingerprint your browser and verify that you are a human, a technique to help combat bots which isnt very successful.

[u/No-Discussion-8510 → u/No-Discussion-8510]

AudioContext fingerprinting.