Ah I have a TP-link router as well, two actually, and Im not monitoring my home network at all. Your experience makes me think I should!

Agreed, and definitely not advocating using another browser I think FF is the best option. I may try removing the webcompat addon and see what happens.

This is closer to what I would be happy with. Firefox could offer an official compatibility extension for each site.

Yaaassss :D when can I get framebuffer support on Android? 😹

I’m just here for this username.

You’re right, for a browser meant for the masses it is probably a net benefit. I posted because I was surprised by this hidden behavior that seems better suited for a browser extension. Sneaky behavior like this is what I’m paranoid about in closed software like windows.

To your point, Linux itself is probably the #1 example of hacky patches to work around other people’s problems.

😅 let me tell you about my philosophy for increasing Lemmy content

Lol I just happened across it :/ I know there are bigger issues at hand

You’re probably right. I just want what’s advertised: software that uses web standards to interact with servers on my behalf. Idk where this feature lands on that scale. This seems like a pre-browser-extension sort of feature that is obsolete now.

I don’t know if it’s objectively stupid, but the surprise I experienced discovering that my browser has a bunch of hacks built in to fix external website problems lowers the trust I have in Firefox.

Maybe set up Kismet https://www.kismetwireless.net/

That’ll show devices attempting to break in wirelessly

… So when you port scanned it, IIS was gone?

How do you know it sent data? Any chance you have packet captures?

Just imagine slipping in a new compatibility fix for a banking website… Or maybe a crypto custodian…

No sneaky backdoor required, just change some data.

Maybe try traceroutre or lft (layer 4 traceroutre) to see if something wacky is happening with routing in your lan?

Any device can decide to set it’s own IP so that’s not too far fetched. Have any IoT crap like a water softener or colorful lights or speakers or cameras?

You’re looking at my worst nightmare 😅

I would download metasploit and dig up some interesting exploits to try against it.

!!! I need to try this. Ardour has always been the only real option for me.

Sweet I need to build zrythm again, ah or maybe someone already put it in nixpkgs!!

Heat gun to remove it in one piece? Hairdryer may work