How to do local services safely [LWN.net]

How to do local services safely

Posted Jun 15, 2025 17:40 UTC (Sun) by notriddle (subscriber, #130608)
In reply to: How to do local services safely by mathstuf
Parent article: Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android

https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/lsof.8.html

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How to do local services safely

Posted Jun 15, 2025 18:44 UTC (Sun) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (1 responses)

Sure…but is that reliable on Android?

How to do local services safely

Posted Jun 15, 2025 19:11 UTC (Sun) by johill (subscriber, #25196) [Link]

IIRC each app install gets its own UID, so all it needs to identify is the UID of the listening socket. Should be really simple to do especially on a tightly controlled system like Android.