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AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

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Re: AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

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Post by myself248 »

nubinetwork wrote: post #188
lxgr wrote: post #157

I wish such shenanigans would simply trigger the little speaker icon most browser display on tabs these days. Given that they don't (at least in my experience), I'm assuming "playing silent audio" is a sufficiently common thing for websites to do to have motivated browsers into doing the slightly more complicated thing of actually analyzing audio streams for content... Now I wonder, does this also allow websites to c…

It does on my Firefox, I had to close their tab because it also tricks kde into thinking I'm playing audio.

Thaaaaaaat explains why an open Aliexpress tab always bumps my thermals ever so slightly.

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Post by doubled112 »

embedding-shape wrote: post #212
pudgywalsh wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reddit is NOT FINE. They throw up full page modals now telling you to continue in the app.

Soon we'll realize that the experience of using reddit (and other mainstream social media) differs a lot based on what country you're in, and sometimes even the state. For example, seemingly a bunch of places in Europe/elsewhere has disabled old.reddit.com unless you're logged in, but seemingly a bunch of people in other places can use it just fine. I'm sure what both of you are seeing is both correct, there is just…

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First time I've ever seen it. No clear way to bypass it either.

Re: AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

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Post by VladVladikoff »

lxgr wrote: post #157

I wish such shenanigans would simply trigger the little speaker icon most browser display on tabs these days. Given that they don't (at least in my experience), I'm assuming "playing silent audio" is a sufficiently common thing for websites to do to have motivated browsers into doing the slightly more complicated thing of actually analyzing audio streams for content... Now I wonder, does this also allow websites to c…

Recently I have been getting a request from chrome for access to local network devices. I can’t figure out which site I’m visiting is doing this, because the request doesn’t specify which tab. I would LOVE a little icon for something like that.

Re: AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

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Post by emctech »

VladVladikoff wrote: post #223
lxgr wrote: post #157

I wish such shenanigans would simply trigger the little speaker icon most browser display on tabs these days. Given that they don't (at least in my experience), I'm assuming "playing silent audio" is a sufficiently common thing for websites to do to have motivated browsers into doing the slightly more complicated thing of actually analyzing audio streams for content... Now I wonder, does this also allow websites to c…

Recently I have been getting a request from chrome for access to local network devices. I can’t figure out which site I’m visiting is doing this, because the request doesn’t specify which tab. I would LOVE a little icon for something like that.

ebay does this i think, someone else linked a post about port scanning

Re: AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

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Post by threecheese »

dogman1050 wrote: post #29
unixhero wrote: post #21

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It's great for shopping. But in the US you have amazon prime. We don't.

I have Prime, but I can't imagine installing the Amazon app either. The website works just fine.

I uninstalled the app recently; despite having layers of ad tracking protection, I would see my Amazon searches appearing in my social media feed in near real time, and this irked me.

I dropped their .com into a Home Screen icon, and this completely stopped (at least as far as I’ve observed). It’s definitely more janky from an experience perspective, but still easier than driving to the store.

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Post by victorbjorklund »

voakbasda wrote: post #108
victorbjorklund wrote: post #87

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Soundd like a nightmare to build legitimate apps if you for example are building an app that uses the camera but you can’t in anyway tell that using the camera fails (because user had denied the permission 6 months ago and has no memory of it) and instead of being able to give a helpful error you are just ending up with I am guessing fake images (maybe just a black screen).

The image could contain a message that it is disabled.

So we must also make it impossible for an app to read any images taken inside the app itself? You can’t literally make any apps at all

Re: AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

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Post by chpatrick »

imzadi wrote: post #118
ivanjermakov wrote: post #71

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Not sure if they still do, but a couple years ago prices in the app were lower than on the website. And they promoted installing it to save money.

They also don't give you a proper tracking number. The only way to track your shipment is in the app.

You just have to press the right link on the site and you get the tracking page (despite saying you need the app).

Re: AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

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Post by ianburrell »

dogman1050 wrote: post #29
unixhero wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's great for shopping. But in the US you have amazon prime. We don't.

I have Prime, but I can't imagine installing the Amazon app either. The website works just fine.

Shopping works better on web sites because can open multiple tabs to browse multiple products. Especially important on big stores like Aliexpress and Amazon where need to compare lots of products. Desktop is better for that but mobile browsers are still better than apps.
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