AliExpress Was Silently Running Audio in Your Browser to Fingerprint and Track Your Device
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AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device
The issue only surfaced after a developer had trouble using multipoint Bluetooth headphones while an AliExpress tab was open: the headphones wouldn't switch properly from the computer to a phone. Once the tab was closed, the problem disappeared.Read Entire Article
Brave Browser Claims Alibaba's AliExpress Caught Tracking Users With Hidden Audio Fingerprinting | 📲 LatestLY
Brave said that AliExpress was caught running hidden Web Audio processes on its homepage to fingerprint devices via silent sound analysis, an invasive tracking technique exposed after disrupting Bluetooth headphones. 'Fingerprinting is a way that websites can identify you without cookies,' Brave browser said. 📲 Brave Browser Claims Alibaba's AliExpress Caught Tracking Users With Hidden Audio Fingerprinting.
Brave Accuses AliExpress Of Using Audio Fingerprinting To Track Users
Alibaba-owned online retailer AliExpress has allegedly been caught using hidden Web Audio processes to fingerprint users’ devices, according to privacy-focused browser Brave. Audio fingerprinting is a tracking technique that analyses tiny differences in how a device processes a sound to help identify it without relying on cookies. The activity was discovered after a researcher noticed that multipoint Bluetooth headphones failed to switch audio p…
A developer noticed a strange phenomenon: Bluetooth headsets support multi-point Bluetooth audio and can connect to both a PC and a mobile phone simultaneously. The PC typically prioritizes playing audio, and the mobile phone only plays audio when the PC is not playing anything. This developer noticed that in Firefox or Ch...
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