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06-29-2023
05:45 PM
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Suggestion: Add Localhost resource to the Permission API
Reasoning: Some websites use port scanning to track users, similar to a "supercookie" (a feature or quirk that can be used to track users even when the history/cookies are cleared). The Brave browser has implemented this and Firefox could follow to improve user privacy.
Links:
- Brave blog post explaining the feature
- Ghacks article showing how this could be used for tracking, with eBay as an example.
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