#Pro tech toolkit ebay windows#

The is related to the IPFS Companion, the one which you can disable in the settings. It does so on a frequent basis, in order to keep that data up to date (we could discuss if checking the exchange rate once per hour would suffice, but the developers seem to think the exchange rate has to be checked every few seconds). With that out of the way, let’s discuss what those domains are for: In the case of, Brave constantly checks for the exchange rate between BAT and USD. Also, you are suggesting that data is being downloaded rather than uploaded to those servers, indicating that there is likely no privacy threat involved. What you are seeing is the accumulated amount(!) of data packages resulting from hitting 2 (not thousands!) domains repeatedly. You are only citing the accumulated amount (say, 6 MB), making it seem like Brave transmitted 6 MB in one single step, this is of course also not the case. Secondly, since data packages are sent every single time, this adds up. First off, Brave is not establishing “thousands of connections”, this does make it seem like they are connecting to thousands of domains, while in reality, they are just frequently hitting a few domains. I think we need to remove the hyperbole first before discussing the issue at hand. They sure as heck don’t seem to be in a hurry to fix it, or lodge their own bugs, or fix what is at the very least an privacy major poo poo from an optics perspective. Makes you wonder how long all that’s been going on. > can we get some movement on this? (and no answer, asked almost 3 weeks after posting the issue) > Yeah, and some of those requests to are big! Github issue opened by not-a-brave-dev … handled with no pressing urgency, opened well after the reddit thread: closed a few hours ago (guess you’ll have to wait to see if if works), but read the comments > exactly same as Brave browser connects to every 3 minutes, all day > At this moment, can’t be disabled in such a manner, I’m afraid. Why it keeps a connection open all the time, what is it sending/receiving? 6 MB during the last connection > I have had wallets and Brave Rewards disabled since installation. Is it _STILL_ sending _MEGABYTES_ of data daily to THIRD parties, and making HUNDREDS if not THOUSANDS of connections, despite not opting into Brave Rewards or using the Crypto Walletģ months ago, Brave dev says oophsy, we’ll look into it Now You: What is your take on this? (via Born) Still, it is possible in Firefox by setting the parameter network. The other option, to disable WebSockets entirely, may lead to incompatibilities and loading issues on sites. The URL may change and it is different when you connect to localized eBay sites, e.g. Something like ||^*/check.js should work. The eBay site loads the check.js script from the following URL currently:

Block the check.js script in a content blocker.

If you don't want your systems to be port scanned by eBay whenever you connect to the site, you may be able to do something about it. Users criticize eBay for scanning ports at all, and for scanning ports of users who are not signed in to the site. Reactions on Twitter and other social media sites are negative for the most part. by taking over a computer, establishing a remote desktop connection and either making purchases on eBay, through fake auctions, or other means. A likely explanation is that it is done to combat fraud, e.g. It is unclear why eBay is running the port scans. Nullsweep, the site that reported the issue first, discovered that the port scans were not run on Linux client systems. The eBay name is an abbreviation of the remote desktop software.

#Pro tech toolkit ebay windows#

Most of the ports are used by remote desktop applications such as VNC, Teamviewer, or Windows Remote Desktop.

It uses WebSockets to perform the lookups on the local system using the specified port, and the scans occur regardless of sign-in state.īleeping Computer created a handy table that lists the ports: Program The scan is run by check.js, a JavaScript that is executed on eBay when users connect to the site. You can click on the connection to look up additional information doing so reveals the port that is scanned by eBay. These are the scans that eBay performs when you connect to the site. Wait for the page to load and look for 127.0.0.1 in the name in the list of connections. Switch to the Network tab in the Developer Tools and load the eBay website in the browser's address bar. Open a new Tab page and hit the F12 button to open the Developer Tools of the web browser. Use a browser such as Google Chrome, Firefox, Brave, Microsoft Edge or Vivaldi. It is likely that other eBay sites will also run the port scan. I verified the port scan on and using built-in developer tools of several web browsers.