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by emayljames 2656 days ago
A heads up. Your site seems to be fingerprinting my device through audio (firefox addin for audio fingerprint blocking).
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Have you confirmed that the add-on doesn't simply trigger if a website uses the WebAudio API? All fingerprinting techniques also have legitimate applications. If they could be reliably distinguished from non-malicious uses, browsers would have blocked them long ago.
So a website designed to play sound is accessing your sound information?
...yes, otherwise, how would it play sound?