Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:55:27 +0200 From: Daniel Lysfjord <lysfjord.daniel@smokepit.net> To: Polarian <polarian@polarian.dev> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD forums hacked Message-ID: <543910f40c1b530bb3d32c7279a9eb72@smokepit.net> In-Reply-To: <20260330235128.44704166@Hydrogen> References: <4edf0e50-1558-47ee-98d0-07ba01ce0948@alexburke.ca> <acr7Y_LvK7TaEkuj@disp.intra.daemon.contact> <20260330235128.44704166@Hydrogen>
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On 2026-03-31 00:51, Polarian wrote: > 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, Watch your service workers @ about:debugging#/runtime/this-firefoxhome | help
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