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poopyKnoopers
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Dear:
https://twitter.com/pushbullet
I wouldn't install something that's running listeners on localhost:80 (or any other port) just because they want to route data from a browser extension to an installed program.That's a pretty bootleg hack, to be quite honest.
Would you dare touch my /etc/hosts mappings too?
Imagine my surprise, should I open http://localhost and see a web page served where none was expected.
Immediate deletion.
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Nah, dude. Fuck that localhost access. Sorry, but I wouldn't install something that's running listeners on localhost:80 (or any other port) just because they want to route data fro…