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WebRTC, a protocol proposed by Google to W3C has applications in user tracking and detection of bots. Cui bono.
by jmount 11y ago
WebRTC, a protocol proposed by Google to W3C has applications in user tracking and detection of bots. Cui bono.
- TD-Linux 11y agoWebRTC's protocols are actually standardized at the IETF in the RTCWEB working group, by a large number of people. The W3C is in charge of the Javascript API (which is actually what people are complaining about here), again with a lot of contributors (yes, Google was bigger here).
- TD-Linux 11y agoWebRTC's protocols are actually standardized at the IETF in the RTCWEB working group, by a large number of people. The W3C is in charge of the Javascript API (which is actually what people are complaining about here), again with a lot of contributors (yes, Google was bigger here).
- MichaelGG 11y agoBut this part is the silly anti-NAT behaviour, most likely ICE, right? It has a questionable idea of finding all local IPs, so you can enjoy the benefit of your RTP getting sent over VPN channels and whatnot. And it's been proposed by parties other than just Google. Or they could just use upnp like everyone else and enjoy a decent P2P connectivity rate without exposing your private IPs and making you fingerprintable. More concerning, though, is that this stuff isn't triggering a permission dialog in Firefox.
- stock_toaster 11y agoI am sure groups trying to deanonymize those using vpns and proxies would also be pretty stoked about it too.