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patspamon AliExpress runs silent WebAudio fingerprinting that breaks Bluetooth multipoint

I noticed in the last few weeks that if I’d recently opened the AliExpress iOS app (ie. it was backgrounded) my car audio would freak out thinking I was giving it an audio command. Killing the AliExpress app immediately fixed the problem. After seeing it happen more than once I assumed it was something dodgey and uninstalled the app.

patspamon Major P2P issues in Israel and possibly other Middle East countries

I blame Bricks and Minifigs

patspamon Show HN: Twixt – transform one word into another in four moves

Nice idea, I enjoyed this and shared it with a few friends.

patspamon Systematically Improving Espresso: Mathematical Modeling and Experiment (2020)

I’ll wait for the Lance Hedrick / James Hoffmann video.