PopBobert@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe Brave browser will take action against websites that snoop on visitors by scanning their open Internet ports or accessing other network resources that can expose personal information.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkThe Brave browser will take action against websites that snoop on visitors by scanning their open Internet ports or accessing other network resources that can expose personal information.arstechnica.comPopBobert@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square28fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squaredemonsword@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThere are legitimate reasons to scan/connect to ports at localhost, the article even lists some (e.g AVs)
minus-squareWhoRoger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoHm, but browser addons? I guess I’m mainly confused because the abilities of browser extensions have been so heavily eroded over time. Can’t make an extension to manage bookmarks anymore and lots of other things. So I’m surprised it could do such things.
There are legitimate reasons to scan/connect to ports at localhost, the article even lists some (e.g AVs)
Hm, but browser addons?
I guess I’m mainly confused because the abilities of browser extensions have been so heavily eroded over time. Can’t make an extension to manage bookmarks anymore and lots of other things. So I’m surprised it could do such things.