ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agoWhat are the privacy risks of exposing IP adresses?message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up189arrow-down1message-squareWhat are the privacy risks of exposing IP adresses?ryujin470@fedia.io to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-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-up1·4 days 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”