Show HN: What every browser knows about you

Post by AdmiralAsshat » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 12:08 AM UTC

bcook wrote: post #48

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #42

I visited the page once on my Android using my HN app's built-in webkit browser, where it displayed some interesting stats like the location, the battery level, ISP, etc. I opened the same link in Firefox Android with uBlock Origin installed, and got no hardware stats other than the kernel, no software stats, and no IP. My takeaway from this is to NEVER use an app that uses Webkit. I'm not sure if that was the intend…

My takeaway would've been; use some sort of protection, like NoScript, uBlock, etc. The choice of web-browser engine seems less important when you globally allow javascript or other similar capabilities.

Post by dzhiurgis » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 12:09 AM UTC

yeukhon wrote: post #56

okket wrote: post #50

OS X 10.11.4: Safari 9.1 : Minimal HW/SW detection, No social media leak, No network scan (after click) Safari 9.1.1 (Tech Preview) : Minimal HW/SW detection, No social media leak, No network scan (after click) Chrome 49.0.2623.110 : Full HW/SW detection, Social media login detected, Network scanning (after click) Firefox 45.0.1 : Full HW/SW detection, Social media login detected, Network scanning (after click)

Wow. Safari is so strict, but I wonder if that's because Safari is (my assumption) a less fat browser after all.

Post by okket » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 12:11 AM UTC

personjerry wrote: post #57

okket wrote: post #50

OS X 10.11.4: Safari 9.1 : Minimal HW/SW detection, No social media leak, No network scan (after click) Safari 9.1.1 (Tech Preview) : Minimal HW/SW detection, No social media leak, No network scan (after click) Chrome 49.0.2623.110 : Full HW/SW detection, Social media login detected, Network scanning (after click) Firefox 45.0.1 : Full HW/SW detection, Social media login detected, Network scanning (after click)

do you have adblocking or ghostery on one or more of your browsers?

Post by wicket » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 12:23 AM UTC

Post by jsjohnst » Sat, Apr 02, 2016, 12:38 AM UTC

dsl wrote: post #12

pdkl95 wrote: post #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.

Because you are literally the only one ever who has done this.