ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agoWhat are the privacy risks of exposing IP adresses?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up185arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up184arrow-down1message-squareWhat are the privacy risks of exposing IP adresses?ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square43fedilinkfile-text
They only expose approximate, not precise, locations, so they shouldn’t be a risk like GPS that exposes precise locations?
minus-squarelazynooblet@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoAlso nmap uses fingerprinting on port scans to identify devices. Or attempt to, a lot of the time it doesn’t know, or says “Linux”
Also nmap uses fingerprinting on port scans to identify devices. Or attempt to, a lot of the time it doesn’t know, or says “Linux”