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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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    Comment #23171479

    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…