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[–] Alenalda@lemmy.world 26 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Wait till you find out what your wifi can do.

[–] Alenalda@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago
[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Port Scanning blocker was eye opening to how many websites just wanted to check in on me.

[–] burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 days ago

Oh, damn! Thanks for reminding me to add that extension since I reinstalled my browser.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So how are they port scanning yiubif your behind a firewall.

[–] amniote@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Your browser is the trojan here. Install the plugin 'Port Authority'. Then browse to ebay or IMDB for a demo.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Sure "can" do but isn't.