webrtc was supposed to be for real-time comms, not fingerprinting people based on what random apps they have running on localhost. the fact that a browser sandbox still leaks this info is wild. like, you’re telling me port 43800 says more about me than a cookie ever could?
and of course, this all runs under the radar—no prompt, no opt-in, just “oh hey, we’re just scanning your machine real quick.” insane. might as well call it metascan™.
kinda makes me nostalgic for simpler times—when tracking meant throwing 200 trackers into a <script> tag and hoping one stuck. now it’s full-on black ops.
i swear, i’m two updates away from running every browser in a docker container inside a faraday cage.
Well, primarily it's the other apps that are saying a lot about you. I think this story emphasises yet again that websites are better for your privacy than apps. (Especially in a browser that has e.g. uBlock Origin, such as Firefox for Android.)
kinda makes me nostalgic for simpler times—when tracking meant throwing 200 trackers into a <script> tag and hoping one stuck. now it’s full-on black ops.
i swear, i’m two updates away from running every browser in a docker container inside a faraday cage.