Basically title. Recently I saw a new option in Chromium website permission settings called “allow access to local network” or something like that and I know some antiviruses on Windows that can list all devices connected to the same WiFi network. I’m usually using Firefox based browsers that obviously don’t have the option to disable or enable that access. So can some really invasive websites mine data about my local network, connected devices etc? And if so, what can I do to prevent it except for just disconnecting everything else when visiting such websites?
It is possible, yes. Here’s a proof of concept implementation and there are undoubtedly others out there.
I guess I’ll switch to Chromium then
Except that chromium and everything based on it is Sending information about your pcs Ressource usage on Google sites, as far as I have heard
I don’t use that sites on the devices with the highest threat model so it should be fine. Hopefully.