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I can see your local web servers

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652 points jamesfisher | 1 comments | 28 May 19 07:57 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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jsgyx ◴[28 May 19 08:44 UTC] No.20028318[source]▶
I use NoScript, you can't see shit.
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dwb ◴[28 May 19 09:06 UTC] No.20028408[source]▶
This is not helpful, because only an extremely small proportion of Web users run NoScript, and nor should they have to.
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gnomewascool ◴[28 May 19 09:20 UTC] No.20028470[source]▶
> This is not helpful, because only an extremely small proportion of Web users run NoScript, and nor should they have to.

Most (non-technical) Web users also don't run their own web servers, so they aren't affected. Among technical users, the proportion with NoScript is probably not as small.

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1. deadbunny ◴[28 May 19 09:39 UTC] No.20028545[source]▶
Their routers do, along with an ever growing number of IoT devices people happily hook up to their WiFi without a second thought.

Given the long and gory history of companies releasing insecure by default devices methods like this are a legitimate entry point into a network.