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Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by pdonis on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @11:50AM (#23248310)
> Firefox also seemingly blocks access to 192.168/24 and 10/8

Chrome, OTOH, will happily open a websocket to these IP ranges. Another good reason not to use Chrome.

Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by dragonwriter on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @10:50PM (#23254378)
> Chrome, OTOH, will happily open a websocket to these IP ranges. Another good reason not to use Chrome.

Why is “I can use websockets on a private network” a bad thing?

Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by kchr on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @12:11PM (#23248572)
Uh... Why not block all private networks?
Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by ac29 on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @01:33PM (#23249529)
A search seems to suggest Chromecast devices are controlled via websocket, though that information is pretty old.
Re:Why Is This Website Port Scanning Me? by foobiekr on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @12:20PM (#23248691)
Probably IoT.