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Blocks websites from using javascript to port scan your computer/network and dynamically blocks all LexisNexis endpoints from running their invasive data collection scripts.

4 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 0 stories, 4 comments · first 2024-05-31 · latest 2025-06-03

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  1. …1: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/port-authority 2: https://github.com/ACK-J/Port_Authority
    comment by matthberg · 2025-06-03 · in Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android
  2. …3: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/port-authority 4: https://github.com/ACK-J/Port_Authority 5: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...
    comment by matthberg · 2025-06-03 · in Covert web-to-app tracking via localhost on Android
  3. …3: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/port-authority 4: https://github.com/ACK-J/Port_Authority 5: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/Web...
    comment by matthberg · 2025-06-03 · in Covert Web-to-App Tracking via Localhost on Android
  4. Port Authority is open source https://github.com/ACK-J/Port_Authority
    comment by DaSHacka · 2024-05-31 · in How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Interactive Edition