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It only “leaks” your ip if you are trying to use webrtc features with a vpn, otherwise web rtc is perfectly fine to use without concern for most people.
by hipsterhelpdesk 5y ago
It only “leaks” your ip if you are trying to use webrtc features with a vpn, otherwise web rtc is perfectly fine to use without concern for most people.
- uniqueuid 5y agoInteresting! That's not how I read the ublock origin docs: "Keep in mind that this feature is to prevent leakage of your non-internet-facing IP adresses. The purpose of this feature is not to hide your current internet-facing IP address -- so be cautious to not misinterpret the results of some WebRTC-local-IP-address-leakage tests found online." That said, my Firefox 91 and Safari don't leak local IPs regardless of the ublock setting. Warrants more investigation perhaps.
- allo37 5y agoI believe newer versions of WebRTC use mdns to mask local IPs: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=878465 https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=878465
- uniqueuid 5y agoGreat find! Here's the IETF draft [1], submitted by Apple (which would explain why I'm not seeing leaks on Safari) [1] https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-mdns-ice-candidates-00 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/draft-mdns-ice-candida...