@PopBobert@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoThe Brave browser will take action against websites that snoop on visitors by scanning their open Internet ports or accessing other network resources that can expose personal information.arstechnica.commessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down11
arrow-up142arrow-down1external-linkThe Brave browser will take action against websites that snoop on visitors by scanning their open Internet ports or accessing other network resources that can expose personal information.arstechnica.com@PopBobert@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-square@demonsword@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoThere are legitimate reasons to scan/connect to ports at localhost, the article even lists some (e.g AVs)
minus-square@WhoRoger@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish0•2 years agoHm, but browser addons? I guess I’m mainly confused because the abilities of browser extensions have been so heavily eroded over time. Can’t make an extension to manage bookmarks anymore and lots of other things. So I’m surprised it could do such things.
There are legitimate reasons to scan/connect to ports at localhost, the article even lists some (e.g AVs)
Hm, but browser addons?
I guess I’m mainly confused because the abilities of browser extensions have been so heavily eroded over time. Can’t make an extension to manage bookmarks anymore and lots of other things. So I’m surprised it could do such things.