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AliExpress reportedly tracks users through an inaudible audio signal

AliExpress is reported to use a silent audio signal on its homepage to track users.

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Such tracking would raise broader privacy and digital-surveillance concerns for platform users.

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  1. AliExpress trackt Nutzer durch lautloses Audio-Signal auf der Startseite ↗winfuture.de · Recorded source date: Aug 24, 2026, 4:46 PM UTC
  2. AliExpress trackt Nutzer via unhörbarem Audio-Fingerprinting ↗heise.de · Recorded source date: Aug 24, 2026, 7:31 PM UTC

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