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Yeah, that's the best solution. It should be like microphone or camera access. It should say "this web site is attempting to access a resource on your local sys
by api 6y ago
Yeah, that's the best solution. It should be like microphone or camera access. It should say "this web site is attempting to access a resource on your local system / network."
I don't think you need to overdo it in terms of making the warning red, etc. Just a popup will really discourage people from trying to use this for fingerprinting.
BTW the site says:
"Port scanning is malicious." I don't agree. There are many many things that can look like a port scan but are not malicious, most notably NAT traversal attempts by WebRTC, games, chat apps, and so on.
- grendelt 6y agoRight. "it is clearly malicious behavior and may fall on the wrong side of the law." It's not against the law. It might be _shady_ but it's not illegal. When I'm teaching cyber intro classes, I let folks know portscanning is NOT illegal but shady. It's like going to a business after hours. It's not illegal to rattle doors and windows to see if they're locked. The police might have a different take on it, but it's not illegal.
- fossuser 6y agoYeah - if anything this post is evidence of a use case that isn't malicious. While it can be used to get information to bad things, it itself can be used for good things too.