Apparently not, and it works when the device’s audio is muted.

The AliExpress website was found processing a fixed audio waveform and examining the resulting numerical values. Tiny differences can arise from the browser, operating system, CPU behavior, audio hardware, and drivers. When combined with other signals, they become another input that can contribute to a browser or device identifier.

Investigation of the page’s code reportedly found audio-processing graphs that were set to zero volume but remained connected to the system audio output. That explains why a user could hear nothing, and why muting a browser tab would not necessarily prevent the processing. All the relevant work was occurring within the Web Audio graph rather than through a conventional media player.

Apparently not, and it works when the device’s audio is muted.

The AliExpress website was found processing a fixed audio waveform and examining the resulting numerical values. Tiny differences can arise from the browser, operating system, CPU behavior, audio hardware, and drivers. When combined with other signals, they become another input that can contribute to a browser or device identifier.

Investigation of the page’s code reportedly found audio-processing graphs that were set to zero volume but remained connected to the system audio output. That explains why a user could hear nothing, and why muting a browser tab would not necessarily prevent the processing. All the relevant work was occurring within the Web Audio graph rather than through a conventional media player.

That was unexpectedly powerful.

Back when I was messing with ROM hacking, I had wanted the ability to change the graphics without being constrained by the limitations of the SNES resolution and ROM size. My old dream of making a hand-drawn EarthBound without having to learn game development could become a possibility with this.

Also curious about the audio enhancement. Replacing all the samples and synths with uncompressed versions could destroy the original intended sound, but I wonder if the planned re-adding of effects can remedy that.

The clothing ripples are crazy

Holy vicarious hobbywork, thank you for bringing me along for the entire journey. Awesome skills!

Oh sweet, looks like the US is getting it’s own “Kim Jong-Un looking at things” style photo blog sometime soon.

Try plugging your monitor in a motherboard port instead of the GPU ports.

I hope this is still around when i need a new phone, because the ~$200 Motorola models have been GOATed for a while now.

Offender reveal party

FF(LGB)T

Radical. I wonder if you can post a screenshot of how it looks from the forum side and have it show up in Lemmy.

That site only displays correctly in Wetscape

Scrolling while hovering over taskbar icons to control that app’s volume? The future is now!

The rhythmic esophageal performance was his way of courting mates, of course!

Agreed. The Qanon message boards even have a pinned thread, instructing users how to warp reality (public perception) with “meme magic”. They create tons of extreme-right memes that end up on Facebook.

I touched my phone and this happened

And definitely Moron TV.

Hey, it’s me, Clay. Sandy is my sister. Stop stalking her.

Also, they have Palantir AI tangled in their management and running the supply chain.

The same company that is trying to make the entire world a surveillance state, and are giddy about their AI being used to kill military targets.