lemme in@lemm.ee to Privacy@programming.dev · 1 day agoWhatsApp may expose the OS you use to run it – which could expose you to crookswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkWhatsApp may expose the OS you use to run it – which could expose you to crookswww.theregister.comlemme in@lemm.ee to Privacy@programming.dev · 1 day agomessage-square3fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squarerefalo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 hours ago99% of browsers and their forks also expose your real OS via javascript (navigator.platform), even on Tor Browser. Some in the privacy community say this information is actually worthless (it could be lying), but I don’t know for sure.
99% of browsers and their forks also expose your real OS via javascript (
navigator.platform), even on Tor Browser. Some in the privacy community say this information is actually worthless (it could be lying), but I don’t know for sure.