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Re:macOS is background scanning and following downloaded QR ... by grooot on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @12:23PM (#33097530)
Do you seriously believe that your IP is private?

Do you know every site that has received your ip address?

I think the honest answer to both of these questions has to be no.

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Re:macOS is background scanning and following downloaded QR ... by vorpalhex on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @12:48PM (#33097963)
http://letstrack.you/?id=grooot

Throw that to disk for me so I can map where you are, where you go, when your machine is up and how often your search indexing runs.

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Re:macOS is background scanning and following downloaded QR ... by _justinfunk on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @12:35PM (#33097716)
I think the idea is that it is a way for your IP address to leak without a user-initiated request.

I could send you a QR code that I've setup specifically to get your IP address.

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