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Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by api on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @10:05AM (#23246896)
Yeah, that's the best solution. It should be like microphone or camera access. It should say "this web site is attempting to access a resource on your local system / network."

I don't think you need to overdo it in terms of making the warning red, etc. Just a popup will really discourage people from trying to use this for fingerprinting.

BTW the site says:

"Port scanning is malicious." I don't agree. There are many many things that can look like a port scan but are not malicious, most notably NAT traversal attempts by WebRTC, games, chat apps, and so on.

Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by grendelt on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @03:46PM (#23250936)
Right. "it is clearly malicious behavior and may fall on the wrong side of the law."

It's not against the law. It might be _shady_ but it's not illegal. When I'm teaching cyber intro classes, I let folks know portscanning is NOT illegal but shady. It's like going to a business after hours. It's not illegal to rattle doors and windows to see if they're locked. The police might have a different take on it, but it's not illegal.

Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by fossuser on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @04:16PM (#23251249)
Yeah - if anything this post is evidence of a use case that isn't malicious.

While it can be used to get information to bad things, it itself can be used for good things too.