China’s AliExpress caught using audio trick to track visitors; discovered after it broke researcher’s headphones

Chinese retailer AliExpress has been found using an audio trick to fingerprint visitors. This technique analyzes inaudible ...
The Next Web

His headphones kept cutting out, so he read the AliExpress code

A developer traced his cutting-out Bluetooth headphones to two silent WebAudio graphs on the AliExpress homepage. Firefox ...
TechJuice

AliExpress Caught Using WebAudio Fingerprinting Scripts to Track Users Silently

AliExpress uses WebAudio fingerprinting scripts to track users. Device discovery interferes with Bluetooth multipoint audio.

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: ...

AliExpress May Be Using Your Computer’s Audio Hardware to Track You

What if a website could identify your computer without using cookies, playing a sound, or asking you to install anything?
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AliExpress Was Playing Silent Audio in Your Browser to Track You

A developer noticed his Bluetooth headphones wouldn't hand off from his laptop to his phone. He closed a browser tab and the problem vanished. The tab ...