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I learned a lot tonight. This is what dev tools tells me in Edge by just visiting eBay.
The website is port scanning my laptop, bypassing my firewall, and doing it in/from the browser.
It checked 14 ports.
Let's discuss. 1/5
The website is port scanning my laptop, bypassing my firewall, and doing it in/from the browser.
It checked 14 ports.
Let's discuss. 1/5
If this had conducted a full port scan on my internal network and reported the results to eBay, is that illegal? This is not portscanning the internet, it's port scanning my computer, which is behind a firewall in my home. Is that illegal? Probably not but it's at the line.
2/5
2/5
There's a lot of theories on why eBay is doing this.
Ads. If Steam is open, serve a steam ad.
Browser Fingerprinting
Bot detection
Fraud detection.
3/5
Ads. If Steam is open, serve a steam ad.
Browser Fingerprinting
Bot detection
Fraud detection.
3/5
Tor has this kind of crap disabled by default. It's part of the spec.
Opera also blocks this kind of wicked behavior.
I think someone needs to post what browsers are allowing this and what aren't. I only tested on Edge 44.
4/5
Opera also blocks this kind of wicked behavior.
I think someone needs to post what browsers are allowing this and what aren't. I only tested on Edge 44.
4/5
I'm looking for answers to these questions. Hint hint, any bloggers out there?
1. What browsers are vuln.
2. What browser extensions block this.
This is a browser issue.
5/5
1. What browsers are vuln.
2. What browser extensions block this.
This is a browser issue.
5/5
Good point! Lots of games do do this. https://twitter.com/thephreck/status/1264410137030098944
