Show HN: What every browser knows about you
webkay.robinlinus.com
Show HN: What every browser knows about you
1–10 of 209 posts
Re: Show HN: What every browser knows about you
#2GPU:
Vendor: Google Inc.
Re: Show HN: What every browser knows about you
#3While visiting this page it tryed to open my router's admin panel. Anyone see this too?
Re: Show HN: What every browser knows about you
#4While visiting this page it tryed to open my router's admin panel. Anyone see this too?
There is literally a "network scan" section of the page that informs you it's scanning devices in your local network.
That's why you see webrtc requests to internal IP addresses. I do not see any requests to the router admin panel, and in fact it looks like the code specifically avoids sending a webRTC request to the gateway IP (x.y.z.1)
Re: Show HN: What every browser knows about you
#5GPU: Vendor: Google Inc.
cpu Linux x86_64
Re: Show HN: What every browser knows about you
#6While visiting this page it tryed to open my router's admin panel. Anyone see this too?
There is literally a "network scan" section of the page that informs you it's scanning devices in your local network. That's why you see webrtc requests to internal IP addresses. I do not see any requests to the router admin panel, and in fact it looks like the code specifically avoids sending a webRTC request to the gateway IP (x.y.z.1)
Re: Show HN: What every browser knows about you
#7GPU: Vendor: Google Inc.
I got:
GPU: Vendor: Mozilla
Re: Show HN: What every browser knows about you
#8Scanning the visitor's /24 without notice, warning, or opportunity to opt out is a dick move. Our IDS probably just lit up like a Christmas tree.
Re: Show HN: What every browser knows about you
#9And what are methods to prevent browser from leaking all this information? I presume browsing in private mode is not a solution.
Re: Show HN: What every browser knows about you
#10> Geo Coordinates: [lat,lng about 90 miles from the correct location]
I find that error hilarious, because I setup correct in-addr.arpa and ip6.arpa reverse DNS entries for my (static) IP, which returns a domain name that has an accurate LOC record. My IP is two DNS queries away from my location (~10m precision), yet most of the time everyone uses these geoip databases instead of LOC.