lemme in@lemm.ee to Privacy@programming.dev · 14 days agoWhatsApp may expose the OS you use to run it – which could expose you to crookswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWhatsApp may expose the OS you use to run it – which could expose you to crookswww.theregister.comlemme in@lemm.ee to Privacy@programming.dev · 14 days agomessage-square2fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarehenfredemars@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoThat’s also important information for targeting vulnerabilities. If there’s no reason to share that info, it should not be sharing it.
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-213 days ago99% of browsers and their forks also expose your real OS via javascript (navigator.platform), even on Tor Browser. Some in the privacy community say this information is actually worthless (it could be lying), but I don’t know for sure.
That’s also important information for targeting vulnerabilities. If there’s no reason to share that info, it should not be sharing it.
99% of browsers and their forks also expose your real OS via javascript (
navigator.platform), even on Tor Browser. Some in the privacy community say this information is actually worthless (it could be lying), but I don’t know for sure.