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Demo: Brute-forcing a macOS user’s real name from a browser using mDNS (fingerprint.com)
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Exploring potential privacy vulnerabilities in Apple devices. This article discusses revealing a user's first name without permissions using the mDNS protocol.

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[–] ono@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Sigh. Yet another example of why scripting in general, and off-site requests especially, should not be allowed in web pages by default.