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For another example, studentaid.gov doesn’t work in private browsing.
Isn't it sort of contradictory to try to use private browsing with a service that requires your identity?
"Since looking into it, I noticed that uBlock Origin already has the default list "Block Outsider Intrusion into LAN" but it wasn't enabled." Never knew that this existed. Thank you!
I’m flabbergasted that this is even allowed. Who thought it was a good idea to allow any web page you visit to access your local network?
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Another data point - 5he Indian visa system is similar. The official website ending in .gov.in, which is hard to find, offers a visa for $10 and minimal hassle. The scam websites, with better SEO sell the same shit for $80. They’re just proxying your application to the real website and pocketing the difference. It would be good if the Indian government could block the scammers but I guess it’s a lower priority for th…
I found the real website, but the application never went through, always some issue. My boss told me which service to use and everything just worked. (I could expense that service so cost didn't bother me)
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Chrome doesn't allow it - local network services have to opt-in to being fetchable from public sites ( https://github.com/WICG/private-network-access ), although they're replacing it with a user-permission-based approach ( https://github.com/WICG/local-network-access ). (There is some language online suggesting PNA has not actually shipped, but I experienced it myself in stable Chrome several years ago, so I am unsur…
> Firefox doesn't implement either approach -- I assume this is indicative of their lack of development resources. Since ublock had this as a feature for a long time, I'm sure they are aware of it. Unlike other non funded oss projects, Firefox can't and shouldn't shield themselves with this lack of development resource excuse. They have millions.
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Yes, to make us safer, now you enable developer mode and disable signature checking to install it locally, thanks Google
Soon, you won't be able to install it locally because the API it relies on will no longer be available. Use Firefox.
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Isn't it sort of contradictory to try to use private browsing with a service that requires your identity?
Not contradictory at all. These days private browsing for most people just means (1) don't save the browsing history and (2) log me out of all websites temporarily.
Visa application is riddled with scams. From the simple website that charges you twice the price to websites that will tell you that you were rejected and then fake your documents to get in with your name. So they're probably trying to see that you're not one of those web servers, a proxy for them or detect some known C2 channels.
That would be quite clever for an incredibly horrible website. The other day my SO, who is a Turkish citizen, was filling up her visa application and after half an hour of meticulous form filling the system just kick her out. I think the session times out or something. If you haven't created an account or you haven't write down the current application ID everything is lost. In the process she was also directed to a n…
For another example, studentaid.gov doesn’t work in private browsing.
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Spouses always get better treatment as there is a voter who would be mad otherwise. They check for scam marriages but otherwise hurry the process through - if they don't a voter contacts their congressman to push the process. That voter will also likely know a lot of other voters and thus influence the next election while someone not married is unlikely to have that local network to use.
This is patently false for one reason - once someone has a U.S. green card and has met the residency requirement to apply for citizenship, the application form and process are the same for everyone, regardless of how they got their green card (through work, marriage, asylum, investment, etc.). Once you are eligible to apply, the whole process is basically form N400->biometrics->interview (just doublechecking your nam…
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Chrome is already in the process of killing it https://developer.chrome.com/blog/local-network-access
The company I work for has a legitimate service that runs on the loopback (it provides our web apps APIs for some device integration) hopefully its just as simple as the user accepting the prompt else we'll be drowning in support. We had to go the path of the local service because they killed NPAPI. I've been thinking about using web serial as an alternative but Firefox doesn't support it. That being said, I think th…