AliExpress was silently running audio in your browser to fingerprint and track your device
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https://www.wired.com/2016/11/block-ultrasonic-signals-didnt-know-tracking/
This has been a very common technique of tracking for a while. I doubt using a browser tab is even a novel use case.
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