This is ridiculous click-bait, and it wouldn't surprise me if the main point was to just come up with a headline that would go viral and drive people to their website which conveniently has an option to donate to their "legal fund".
I mean, come on. Do I like that they are making use of browser fingerprinting? Not really. But to make it sound like they are "illegally" scanning my computer is ridiculous.
AI: "I LEARNED IT FROM YOU, DAD!"