From nobody Mon Mar 30 22:51:28 2026 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4fl61l572Dz6XgS5 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:51:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from polarian@polarian.dev) Received: from mail.polarian.dev (mail.polarian.dev [IPv6:2001:8b0:57a:2385::8]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4fl61l01NCz3J4M for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:51:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from polarian@polarian.dev) Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=polarian.dev header.s=polarian header.b=jSXJ2wdo; dmarc=pass (policy=reject) header.from=polarian.dev; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of polarian@polarian.dev designates 2001:8b0:57a:2385::8 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=polarian@polarian.dev DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/relaxed; d=polarian.dev; s=polarian; t=1774911089; bh=ifvDe8t2hXbqGkafBcKHRFsDl2tADyrHZ/sdiqpZ5+s=; h=Date:From:To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References; b=jSXJ2wdoQKNAHXgNddf+HjEERNy61HfwnxtjWNQZrC+i0SHebqa2YFErff77VecJ9 iIlwiV5Pj2cC+suqZeu9Epyylrd5KQa3aZoPnO94c8EnVJRdwNXR/hw6O2leMI16CV YOMrqyHwimz98AXiH8+zFiPO/QmlvOF+NBk6O064= Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:51:28 +0100 From: Polarian To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD forums hacked Message-ID: <20260330235128.44704166@Hydrogen> In-Reply-To: References: <4edf0e50-1558-47ee-98d0-07ba01ce0948@alexburke.ca> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 4.4.0 (GTK 3.24.51; amd64-portbld-freebsd15.0) List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.50 / 15.00]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-0.996]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[polarian.dev,reject]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip6:2001:8b0:57a:2385::8]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[polarian.dev:s=polarian]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; ASN(0.00)[asn:20712, ipnet:2001:8b0::/34, country:GB]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MLMMJ_DEST(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_ZERO(0.00)[0]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[polarian.dev:+] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4fl61l01NCz3J4M X-Spamd-Bar: --- Hey, > A "service worker" is basically a piece of Javascript code that gets > downloaded and inserted into your browser, and then stays there. > This "service worker" then intercepts all your queries, and does > with them whatever it seems fit. and whether it reaches the forum > or not. And at least in Firefox it cannot be disabled or removed. As far as I am aware, this is installed to provide notifications for your browser, and it is optional, you get a pop up asking you if you want to enable it or not, I don't believe it is done by default. Or maybe I am wrong, I am not a web developer after all. Take care, -- Polarian Jabber/XMPP: polarian@icebound.dev