How to do local services safely

Posted Jun 11, 2025 15:02 UTC (Wed) by ms (subscriber, #41272)
In reply to: How to do local services safely by xav
Parent article: Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android

Maybe the browser should only be able to connect to localhost if the whole phone is in developer mode. No normal user is going to accidentally do that, and connections to localhost are useful if you're doing app development or similar.