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A common abuser of this is the Discord desktop app, which listens on a local port. When your browser navigates to a Discord channel's join page, it sends a req
by RandomBK 3y ago
A common abuser of this is the Discord desktop app, which listens on a local port.
When your browser navigates to a Discord channel's join page, it sends a request to localhost via this port and sends the channel ID to the client. This lets the app pop open a native 'Join Channel' experience.
I discovered this when I noticed how this behavior worked even in incognito mode and my browser was signed out of Discord.
Not. Cool. We need to massively improve sandboxing - of all applications - in the desktop world.
- dandongus 3y agoWhy in the world have people flagged this comment?
- RockRobotRock 3y agoWhy is this such a big deal? Have it as an option to disable, sure, but it makes handling auth between the desktop and browser so much easier.
- KomoD 3y ago> I discovered this when I noticed how this behavior worked even in incognito mode and my browser was signed out of Discord. That is exactly what is nice about the feature, not having to be logged in on the browser, I love it.