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| From | "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.firefox, alt.os.linux, comp.mobile.android, alt.internet.wireless, alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix |
| Date | 2026-07-21 06:37 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <113n42i$1oti4$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <113kg6k$s72$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> <169a81fb5c.DaveMeUK@BeagleBoard-xM> <nc7d0eF167tU5@mid.individual.net> <113n252$1d5g$1@nnrp.usenet.blueworldhosting.com> |
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Maria Sophia <pusvul@getTjewytR4so+mqe2.invalid> wrote: >Carlos E. R. wrote: >>> I don't understand why you think there's a problem. Very much the whole >>> point of IPv6 is that all your globally routable IPv6 addresses are, >>> well, globally routable. I'd be happy for the whole world to know what >>> mine are. >>> >>> The only ports that are open on any of these addresses to incoming >>> connections are as a result of my opening a pinhole in the firewall. >>> >>> So, knowing your globally routable addresses is one thing. Allowing >>> connections in to any of them is entirely another matter. >> >> Because he is torrenting via a tunnel to VPN servers. Apparently the >> torrrent app bypasses the VPN and connects directly via IPv6, so his >> identity becomes known. > >While IPv6 privacy applies to all devices, all OSes & all browsers alike, >as Carlos noted, the specific issue this PSA is designed to uncover is not >incoming connections. The issue is (likely accidental) identity exposure. > >The new issue is a globally routable IPv6 address is unique to the device. > >IPv6 removes the "all devices look the same" protection that NAT >provided. With IPv6, if an application bypasses the VPN and leaks IPv6, >the ISP sees the real IPv6 address of the device doing the torrenting > >Hence, the privacy issue is not that someone can connect to you. >As David noted, firewalls stop that. > >The issue is that the address itself is a stable identifier to a specific >device, where the key issue is identity exposure, not a firewall failure. Don't use it as a stable identifier. Make every connection a virtual session, assigning a different IPv6 to each dynamically to defeat fingerprinting. This model is used by a certain server farm. >. . .
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PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-20 02:45 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-20 14:03 +0200
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-21 02:43 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-21 11:18 +0200
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-21 07:36 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-21 19:28 +0200
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-21 14:32 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Hank Rogers <Hank@nospam.invalid> - 2026-07-21 18:31 -0500
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-22 15:40 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-22 18:53 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-28 00:36 +0100
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix David Higton <dave@davehigton.me.uk> - 2026-07-20 20:47 +0100
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-20 21:59 +0200
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-21 02:04 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-07-21 06:37 +0000
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-21 03:23 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-21 07:59 +0100
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-21 04:41 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-21 11:03 +0200
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-21 05:47 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-21 12:27 +0200
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-21 14:10 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-21 10:53 +0200
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-21 05:19 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-07-21 11:30 +0200
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-21 06:10 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-22 19:13 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-22 09:47 +0100
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-22 16:30 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-22 21:35 +0100
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-22 16:46 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-23 04:33 +0100
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-23 08:12 +0100
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-23 16:23 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Oregonian Haruspex <no_email@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-25 04:58 +0000
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-26 14:25 -0700
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-21 01:38 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-21 07:51 +0100
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-21 03:45 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-07-22 09:37 +0100
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-24 11:36 -0700
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-22 21:32 +0100
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-22 16:54 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix agris <agris@invalid.tld> - 2026-07-22 17:05 -0700
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-22 23:06 -0400
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Brian Gregory <void-invalid-dead-dontuse@email.invalid> - 2026-07-23 04:50 +0100
Re: PSA: IPv6 browser privacy leaks are caused by the host yet there's a simple fix Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-07-23 16:51 -0400
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