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Re: [rtcweb] Please require user consent for data channels

Victor Pascual Avila <victor.pascual.avila@gmail.com> Thu, 16 July 2015 13:43 UTC

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From: Victor Pascual Avila <victor.pascual.avila@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 6:42 PM, Daniel Roesler <diafygi@gmail.com> wrote:

> There is now a documented case where a third party on nytimes.com
> is using a fake webRTC datachannel to silently gather user local (and
> potentially "real" ISP) IP addresses.
>
> https://twitter.com/incloud/status/619624021123010560
>

FYI - The company behind the NY Times IP tracking code turned it off. See
our blog: https://webrtchacks.com/dear-ny-times/#comment-17504

Cheers,
-Victor

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