sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 day agoAliExpress accused of fingerprinting shoppers with silent audio trick that also muted a dev's headphoneswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up117cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@piefed.social
arrow-up117external-linkAliExpress accused of fingerprinting shoppers with silent audio trick that also muted a dev's headphoneswww.theregister.comsanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 day agomessage-square1fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@piefed.social
minus-squarekadu@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·edit-222 hours agoThat’s a common trick used to identify Tor users too. Force their device to decode and encode complex images and audio tracks, take note of the chip-specific tiny variances in the data. Do the same test in the surface web across popular websites. Now the user’s Tor activity is tied to their surface web identity.
That’s a common trick used to identify Tor users too.
Force their device to decode and encode complex images and audio tracks, take note of the chip-specific tiny variances in the data.
Do the same test in the surface web across popular websites.
Now the user’s Tor activity is tied to their surface web identity.